Production
Robert Verrall
EN, FR, XX cinema · 61 credits
Born
13 January 1928
Died
17 January 2025 (aged 97)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert Verrall (born January 13, 1928, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian animator, director and film producer who worked for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) from 1945 to 1987. Over the course of his career, his films garnered a BAFTA Award, prizes at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, and six Academy Award nominations. One of the first to join the NFB's fledgling animation unit, under Norman McLaren, Verrall would work as animator on such notable NFB animated shorts as The Romance of Transportation in Canada and produce such shorts as Cosmic Zoom, Hot Stuff as well as the Academy Award-nominees The Drag and What on Earth!. His NFB animation credits as executive producer included The Family That Dwelt Apart and Evolution, also Oscar nominees.[1][2][3][4] Verrall was named director of English-language NFB animation in 1967, and director of NFB's English-language production overall, in 1972. In the 1980s he acted as executive producer on a number of NFB co-productions, including the film adaption of The Wars, and The Tin Flute. His documentary production credits include Alanis Obomsawin's 1986 Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child. He is the father of David Verrall, who would himself go on to head the NFB's English-language animation unit.
Known for
Filmography
The Way It Is
Producer
The Cap
Producer
John Cat
1984
John Cat
Executive Producer
The Masculine Mystique
Executive Producer
Incident at Restigouche
Executive Producer
The Wars
Executive Producer
Laughter in My Soul
Executive Producer
The Way It Is
1982
The Way It Is
Executive Producer
Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat
1981
Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
1979
Canada Vignettes: Wop May
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère Albertine
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Helen Law
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Toronto
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Captain Cook
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Logger
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Faces
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
1977
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
Executive Producer
Face of the Earth
Executive Producer
Goldwood
Executive Producer
The Bear's Christmas
Executive Producer
Propaganda Message
Executive Producer
Tickets s.v.p
1973
Tickets s.v.p
Executive Producer
11 Steps to Survival
Executive Producer
Tilt
Executive Producer
Paul Kane Goes West
1972
Paul Kane Goes West
Executive Producer
Exeter
Executive Producer
Christmas at Moose Factory
Executive Producer
The Specialist
Producer
Hot Stuff
Producer
Ashes of Doom
Producer
To See or Not to See
Producer
In a Box
Producer
Cosmic Zoom
Producer, Director
Boomsville
Producer
Kurelek
Producer
What on Earth!
Producer
The Drag
Producer
Percé on the Rocks
Animation
Appetizers
Director
