Known For
Production
Born
Apr 01, 1917
Died
Oct 30, 1997
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
85 titles
Sydney Newman
Biography
Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (April 1, 1917 – October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, Newman was appointed Acting Director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) and then head of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He also occupied senior positions at the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and acted as an advisor to the Secretary of State. During his time in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, he worked first with the Associated British Corporation (ABC, now Thames Television), before moving across to the BBC in 1962, holding the role of Head of Drama with both organisations. During this phase of his career, he was responsible for initiating two hugely popular television programmes, the spy-fi series The Avengers and the science-fiction series Doctor Who, as well as overseeing the production of groundbreaking social realist drama series such as Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play. The Museum of Broadcast Communications describes Newman as "the most significant agent in the development of British television drama." His obituary in The Guardian declared that "For ten brief but glorious years, Sydney Newman ... was the most important impresario in Britain ... His death marks not just the end of an era but the laying to rest of a whole philosophy of popular art." In Quebec, as commissioner of the NFB, he attracted controversy for his decision to suppress distribution of several politically sensitive films by French Canadian directors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Original Series Creator
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Creator
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Creator
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Creator
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
(Archive Footage)
Creation of the Daleks
Himself (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Origins
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who
Creator
Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston
Creator
The Avengers
Creator
The Magical Eye
Self
Utilities
Associate Producer
Grierson
Self
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Creator
Adam Adamant Lives!
Creator
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Creator
Tea Party
Producer
The Wednesday Play
Creator
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Producer
Doctor Who
Creator
Festival
Producer
Afternoon of a Nymph
Producer
The Fishing Match
Producer
The Hard Knock
Producer
Out of This World
Producer
Night Conspirators
Producer
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
Producer
The Rose Affair
Producer
Plateau of Fear
Creator
The Ship That Couldn't Stop
Producer
Danger! Men Working
Producer
Pathfinders to Venus
Producer
Honeymoon Postponed
Producer
The Avengers
Creator
Pathfinders to Mars
Producer
My Representative
Producer
I'll Have You to Remember
Producer
Pathfinders in Space
Producer
Police Surgeon
Creator
Target Luna
Producer
A Night Out
Producer
After the Funeral
Producer
Counter-Attack
Producer
Where I Live
Producer
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Producer
Doctor Kabil
Producer
The Thought of Tomorrow
Producer
After the Show
Producer
The Scent of Fear
Producer