Directing
Beverly Shaffer
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.
Directed Films
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Mr. Mergler's Gift
2005·Documentary
10.0
Just a Wedding
1999·Documentary
7.0
Children of Jerusalem: Gesho
1996
9.0
Children of Jerusalem: Ibrahim
1996
7.0
Children of Jerusalem: Yehudah
1994
10.0
Children of Jerusalem: Asya
1992
8.5
Children of Jerusalem: Neveen
1992
8.0
Children of Jerusalem: Yacoub
1992
10.0
Children of Jerusalem: Tamar
1991
9.0
To a Safer Place
1987·Documentary
7.0
I Want to Be an Engineer
1983·Documentary
9.0
It's Just Better
1982·Documentary
7.0
Julie O'Brien
1981·Documentary
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Gurdeep Singh Bains
1977·Documentary
7.6
I'll Find a Way
1977·Documentary
9.0
Beautiful Lennard Island
1977·Documentary
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Kevin Alec
1977·Documentary
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My Name Is Susan Yee
1975·Documentary
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My Friends Call Me Tony
1975·Documentary