Known For
Production
Died
Mar 28, 2023
Place of Birth
Battersea, London, England, U.K.
Credits
16 titles
Arthur Hammond
Biography
Arthur Hammond was a British-born Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer, and executive who spent more than two decades at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). After immigrating to Canada in the mid-1950s, he transitioned from publishing to film, joining the NFB in Montreal during the 1960s. As a director and producer, Hammond specialized in social, corporate, and political documentaries. He is best known for co-directing the acclaimed media profile Never a Backward Step (1966)—which won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Length Documentary—and directing the landmark six-part CBC television series Corporation (1975) and the multi-part historical series Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left (1989). Hammond also served as the NFB's Director of English Programming before retiring to Toronto, where he lived until his death at age 92.
Known For
Filmography
Kubota
Producer
Taxi!
Executive Producer
After the Axe
Executive Producer
The Devil at Your Heels
Executive Producer
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?
Executive Producer
Travel Log
Executive Producer
The Art of the Possible
Executive Producer
Song of the Paddle
Executive Producer
Meditation in Motion
Producer
Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention
Executive Producer
Corporation
Creator
Growth
Writer
Real Estate
Narrator (voice)
This Land
Director
Never a Backward Step
Director
Clancy Street Boys
Assistant Director