Cynthia Scott

Cynthia Scott

Known for

Directing

Born

January 1, 1939 (age 87)

Birthplace

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Biography

Cynthia Scott RCA (born January 1, 1939) is a Canadian award-winning filmmaker who has produced, directed, written, and edited several films with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Her works have won the Oscar and Canadian Film Award. Scott is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Her projects with the NFB are mainly focused on documentary filmmaking. Some of Scott's most notable documentaries for the NFB feature dancing and the dance world including Flamenco at 5:15 (1983), which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 56th Academy Awards in 1984.

Best known work

The Company of Strangers
The Company of Strangers
1990
Flamenco at 5:15
Flamenco at 5:15
1983
First Winter
First Winter
1982
American Playhouse
American Playhouse
1982
Canada Vignettes: The Thirties
Canada Vignettes: The Thirties
1978
Some Natives of Churchill
Some Natives of Churchill
1973
Scoggie
Scoggie
1975
Canada Vignettes: Holidays
Canada Vignettes: Holidays
1978
The Ungrateful Land: Roch Carrier Remembers Ste-Justine
The Ungrateful Land: Roch Carrier Remembers Ste-Justine
1972
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
1985

Filmography

  1. 2023

    The House on Jonathan Street

    Executive Producer

  2. 1990

    The Company of Strangers

    Director, Writer

  3. 1986

  4. 1985

  5. 1983

    Flamenco at 5:15

    Director, Editor, Producer

  6. 1982

  7. 1982

    American PlayhouseTV

    Director, Writer

  8. 1978

  9. 1978

  10. 1975

    Scoggie

    Director

  11. 1973

    Some Natives of Churchill

    Director, Producer

  12. 1972

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