Known for
Producing
Born
February 24, 1920
Birthplace
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Died
December 4, 1972 (aged 52)
Julian Biggs (1920–1972) was a director and producer with the National Film Board of Canada and its first Director of English Production. Over the course of his 20-year career, he created 146 films, two of which (Herring Hunt (1953) and Paddle to the Sea (1966)) were nominated for Academy Awards. His film 23 Skidoo (1964) received two BAFTA nominations, including the BAFTA United Nations award.
Biggs was born and raised in Port Perry, in southern Ontario. When World War II broke out in 1939, he joined the Canadian Army and then transferred to the Canadian Navy, where he spent the rest of the war serving on mine-sweepers. He then attended the University of Toronto and, in 1951, was hired as...
1970
Producer, Writer, Director
1966
Producer
1966
1966
Producer
1965
Producer
1965
Producer
1965
Producer
1964
Director, Producer, Editor
1964
Producer
1963
Director
1963
Director
1962
Director, Producer
1962
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1961
Director, Producer
1961
Producer
1959
Director
1958
Director
1957
Producer
1957
Producer
1957
Producer
1957
Producer
1957
Producer
1957
Producer