Donald Shebib

Donald Shebib
File:Portrait of Donald Shebib.jpeg
Born	(1938-01-17) 17 January 1938 Toronto, Canada
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1962 - Present

Donald Shebib (born 17 January 1938 in Toronto), often called Don Shebib, is a Canadian film director, writer, producer and editor. A graduate of UCLA film school, Shebib gained prominence and critical acclaim in Canadian cinema for his seminal 1970 movie Goin' Down the Road, which combined narrative storytelling with Canadian documentary tradition influenced by the British. The low-budget film crew travelled around Toronto in a station wagon, supported by funding from the newly-formed Canadian Film Development Corporation. The movie was screened in New York and hailed by Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert. Kael wrote that the movie showed up the ostensibly forced sincerity and perceived honesty of the films of John Cassavetes. Shebib is the father of Noah "40" Shebib. Goin' Down the Road was digitally remastered as one of the key films in the Canadian film canon and was honoured with a screening at the Art Gallery of Ontario. A sequel was shot in 2011, called "Goin' Down the Road Again," featuring some of the original cast members as well as a new generation of characters.

Awards and recognition

• 1970: Canadian Film Awards, won Best Feature Film award, Goin' Down the Road
• 1979: 11th Moscow International Film Festival, nominated Golden Prize, Fish Hawk
• 1982: Genie Award, nominated Best Director for Heartaches

Filmography

Television series

Shebib directed at least one episode of the following series:

• 1987: Danger Bay
• 1987: Diamonds
• 1987: Night Heat
• 1987: Sea Hunt
• 1987: T. and T.
• 1987-1988: Katts and Dog
• 1988: The Campbells
• 1988: My Secret Identity
• 1990: Top Cops
• 1990-1991: E.N.G.
• 1991: Street Justice
• 1991-1992: Counterstrike
• 1994: Lonesome Dove
• 1997: Dead Man's Gun
• 1997: Police Academy
• 1998: The New Addams Family
• 1998: Wind at My Back
• 1999: Code Name: Eternity
• 2000: Caitlin's Way
• 2000: The Zack Files
• 2003: Radio Free Roscoe

Television movies

• 1964: Surfin'
• 1967: San Francisco Summer
• 1969: Good Times Bad Times
• 1974: Deedee
• 1974: Once Upon a Time in Genarro (also writer)
• 1975: The Canary
• 1977: The Fighting Men
• 1990: The Little Kidnappers
• 1996: The Pathfinder

Movies

• 1962: The Duel
• 1962: Joey
• 1963: Revival
• 1965: Satan's Choice
• 1966: Allan
• 1966: A Search for Learning
• 1966: Christalot Hanson
• 1966: David Sector
• 1966: June Marks
• 1967: Basketball
• 1967: Everdale Place
• 1968: Graduation Day
• 1968: Stanfield
• 1968: Unknown Soldier
• 1970: Goin' Down the Road (also writer)
• 1971: Rip-Off
• 1972: Born Hustler
• 1973: Between Friends
• 1974: Mrs. Gray
• 1974: We've Come a Long Way Together
• 1974: Winning is the Only Thing!
• 1976: Second Wind
• 1977: Old Man Reever
• 1978: Holiday for Homicide
• 1979: Fish Hawk
• 1981: Heartaches
• 1982: By Reason of Insanity
• 1983: Running Brave
• 1984: Slim Obsession
• 1986: The Climb
• 1993: Change of Heart
• 1994: The Ascent
• 2006: Bart Fargo
• 2011: Down the Road Again (post-production)

External links

• Northern Stars: Donald Shebib
• Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]
• Donald Shebib at the Internet Movie Database