Allan King Biography (1930-)

Born February 6, 1930, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Addresses: Agent: Ralph Zimmerman, Great North Artists Management, Inc., 350 Duponte, Toronto, Ontario M5R 1V9, Canada.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, writer
Birth Details: February 6, 1930; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director and Producer
Where Will They Go? (documentary), 1958
Josef Drenters (documentary), 1961
The Peacemakers (documentary), 1963
Bjorn's Inferno (short film), 1964
Running Away Backwards (short film), Allan King Associates/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1964
Warrendale (documentary), Columbia, 1967
A Married Couple (documentary), Aquarius Releasing, 1970
Come On Children (documentary), Allan King Associates, 1973
(As Allan Winton King) Who Has Seen the Wind, Astral Films, 1977,then Janus Films, 1982
Termini Station, 1989, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1991
Dying at Grace (documentary), Allan King Associates, 2003
Film Director
The Pemberton Valley, 1957
Bullfight (documentary), 1959
Report from Saigon (documentary), 1959
The Field Day (short film), Allan King Associates, 1963
The Most Unlikely Millionaire (documentary), 1964
Mortimer Griffin, Shalinsky, and How They Settled the Jewish Question (short film), 1971
Delilah (short film), 1972
Baptizing (short film), 1974
Pity the Poor Piper (short film), 1974
Silence of the North, Universal, 1981
Also director of the documentary Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up.
Film Producer
Gyppo Logging (documentary), 1956
The Yukoner (documentary), 1956
The Private World of James Jones (documentary), 1967
Film Work
Other
Pursuit of Happiness (documentary), 1962
Lynn Seymore: Our Dancing Export (documentary), 1964
Who Is Oscar Niemeyer? (documentary), 1966
The New Woman (documentary), 1968
Executive producer, Who Is Vasarely? (documentary), 1968
Can I Count You In?, 1972
Film Appearances
Blockmark, 1996
Television Director
Series
(And producer) Children in Conflict: A Talk with Irene (film series; also known as Children in Conflict), beginning 1967
Specials
Skid Row, CBC, 1956
Interview with Orson Welles, CBC, 1960
A Matter of Pride, CBC, 1961
A Bird in the House, 1973
Red Emma, CBC, 1974
Maria, CBC, 1977

The Last Season, CBC, 1986
The Dragon's Egg, TV Ontario, 1998
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight, HBO, 1998
Episodic
"Rickshaw," Close-Up, CBC, 1960
"Morocco" (documentary), Close-Up, CBC, 1961
"Unconditional Surrender," Home Fires, 1983
"Red Wind," Phillip Marlowe, Private Eye, HBO, 1985
"Blackmailers Don't Shoot," Phillip Marlowe, Private Eye, HBO, 1986
Danger Bay, multiple episodes, CBC, 1985-1990, The Disney Channel,1986-1992
"Root of All Evil," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse and Friday the 13th: The Series), syndicated, 1987
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, multiple episodes, 1987-1989
"Dream Me a Life," The Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1988
"Four Eyes," Bordertown (also known as La deux font la loi), CanWest Global Television and The Family Channel, 1990
"Get a Job," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1990
"The Great Tickler," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1990
"The Vampire Solution," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1990
"You Can Run," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1990
Road to Avonlea (also known as Avonlea and Tales from Avonlea), CBC and The Disney Channel, multiple episodes, 1990-1996
"All the King's Horses," Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House, Showtime, 1991
"Belfast Says No," Lightning Force, 1991
"Fallout: Parts 1 & 2," Lightning Force, 1991
"The Girl Most Likely," Madison, [Canada], 1991
"Last Pick," Madison, [Canada], 1991
"Smart Bullet," Lightning Force, 1991
"Sophie, Queen of the Night," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1991
"The Learning Curve," Odyssey III, 1994
"The Possessed," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1994
"Temple," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1994
"Monkey See, Monkey Do," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1994
"Citizen Caine," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995
"Eye Witness," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995
"Three's a Crowd," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1995
"Under One Roof," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1995
"I Do, I Don't," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1996
"Your Own Money," Ready or Not, The Disney Channel, c. 1997
Twice in a Lifetime, PAX TV, multiple episodes, 1999-2000
Also directed "Yugoslavia," Close-Up, CBC.
Television Producer
Episodic
"Batista," Close-Up, CBC, 1959
"Morocco" (documentary), Close-Up, CBC, 1961
"The Sound of Christopher Plummer," Telescope, CBC, 1964
Executive producer, "Who Is Max Frisch?," Who Is?, CBC, 1968
"Six War Years," Take 30, CBC, 1975
Television Director
Other
Dreams, CBC, 1962
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait, CBC, 1963
One Night Stand (movie), CBC, 1978
Ready for Slaughter, 1983
Tucker and the Horse Thief, 1985
By Way of the Stars (miniseries; also known as Der Lange Weg des Lukas B.), CBC, 1992, then The Disney Channel, 1994
Television Producer
Other
Portrait of a Harbour (special), CBC, 1956
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait, CBC, 1963
One Night Stand (movie), CBC, 1978
Who's in Charge?, CBC, 1983
The Dragon's Egg (special), TV Ontario, 1998
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Documentaries
Josef Drenters, 1961
The Peacemakers, 1963
The Most Unlikely Millionaire, 1964
Teleplays
"A Matter of Pride," Close-Up (episodic), CBC, 1961
"Morocco" (documentary), Close-Up (episodic), CBC, 1961
Dreams, CBC, 1962
"Old Quarrels, Old Love," Road to Avonlea (episodic; also known asAvonlea and Tales from Avonlea), CBC and The Disney Channel, 1990
Nonfiction
Allan King: Filmmaker, edited by Seth Feldman, Toronto International Film Festival/Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Allan King Films, http://allankingfilms.com, April 7, 2004
Northern Stars, http://www.northernstars.ca, April 13, 2004

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