Beverly Shaffer
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biography
Beverly Shaffer (1945-) is a filmmaker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shaffer spent the bulk of her professional career with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), directing short documentaries and dramas. Her documentary I'll Find a Way, about a young girl with spina bifida, won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Best known work
I'll Find a Way
1977
Children of Jerusalem: Neveen
1992
Julie O'Brien
1981
It's Just Better
1982
Just a Wedding
1999
Beautiful Lennard Island
1977
Children of Jerusalem: Asya
1992
Children of Jerusalem: Gesho
1996
Children of Jerusalem: Ibrahim
1996
Children of Jerusalem: Tamar
1991Filmography
2005
Mr. Mergler's GiftDirector
2002
To My Birthmother...Director
1999
Just a WeddingDirector
1996
Children of Jerusalem: GeshoDirector
1996
Children of Jerusalem: IbrahimDirector
1994
Children of Jerusalem: YehudahDirector
1992
Children of Jerusalem: AsyaDirector
1992
Children of Jerusalem: NeveenDirector
1992
Children of Jerusalem: YacoubDirector
1991
Children of Jerusalem: TamarDirector
1987
To a Safer PlaceDirector, Producer
1983
I Want to Be an EngineerDirector, Writer
1982
It's Just BetterDirector
1982
The Way It IsDirector
1981
Julie O'BrienDirector
1977
Gurdeep Singh BainsDirector
1977
I'll Find a WayDirector
1977
Beautiful Lennard IslandDirector
1977
Kevin AlecDirector
1975
My Friends Call Me TonyDirector
1975
My Name Is Susan YeeDirector