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Article: Paul Almond: talks about his marriage to Genevieve Bujold, the creation of telefilm Canada and the beginnings of feature filmmaking in Canada.
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- September 1, 2003
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A graduate of Oxford University; Paul Almond began his career as all actor with a repertory company in England before joining the CBC in "Toronto in 1954 as a director. In 1964, he directed Seven Up!, a multi-award-winning study of a group of seven-year-old British children that has been used in countless university courses and was the origin of Michael Apted's continuing documentary series (21 Up, 28 Up etc.). He also directed a number of episodes for such early Canadian television classics as Wojeck, RCMP, Forest Rangers and the American series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
When Almond turned to feature filmmaking, he attracted domestic and international attention ...