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Kathleen Shannon

Kathleen Shannon

1935-11-11

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Kathleen Shannon was a Canadian sound editor, picture editor, producer and director. Shannon lobbied for more resources for women’s filmmaking at the National Film Board which led to the creation of Studio D in 1974.

Best known for:

Lonely Boy

Universe

23 Skidoo

Flamenco at 5:15

My Financial Career

If You Love This Planet

I'll Find a Way

I Love You Forever

The Burning Times

Full Circle

Runner

You Are on Indian Land

Waterwalker

Circle of the Sun

Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

Canada Vignettes: The Thirties

Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other Dreams

Wolfe and Montcalm

Fires of Envy

Train 406

Emergency Ward

The Cars in Your Life

Four Families

Festival in Puerto Rico

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Filmography:

Wolfe and Montcalm (1957)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Fires of Envy (1957)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Train 406 (1958)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Emergency Ward (1959)
WORK AS:
Sound
Universe (1960)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
The Cars in Your Life (1960)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Circle of the Sun (1961)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Festival in Puerto Rico (1961)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor

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The Days of Whisky Gap (1961)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Joseph Howe: The Tribune of Nova Scotia (1961)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Lonely Boy (1962)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
My Financial Career (1962)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec (1962)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
The Persistent Seed (1963)
WORK AS:
Sound Editor
23 Skidoo (1964)
WORK AS:
Editor
Powwow at Duck Lake (1967)
WORK AS:
Editor

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You Are on Indian Land (1969)
WORK AS:
Editor
Like the Trees (1974)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Editor
Tiger on a Tight Leash (1974)
WORK AS:
Producer, Director, Editor
Great Grand Mother (1975)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Our Dear Sisters (1975)
WORK AS:
Producer, Director
My Friends Call Me Tony (1975)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
...and They Lived Happily Ever After (1975)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor, Producer
I'll Find a Way (1977)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Gurdeep Singh Bains (1977)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Beautiful Lennard Island (1977)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Kevin Alec (1977)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Holidays (1978)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family (1978)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Some American Feminists (1978)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: The Thirties (1978)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
The Right Candidate for Rosedale (1979)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: McIntosh (1979)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Laila (1980)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Julie O'Brien (1981)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
If You Love This Planet (1982)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
It's Just Better (1982)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Flamenco at 5:15 (1983)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
I Want to Be an Engineer (1983)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Waterwalker (1984)
WORK AS:
Associate Producer
Behind the Veil: Nuns (1984)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery (1984)
WORK AS:
Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
Abortion: Stories from North and South (1984)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Speaking Our Peace (1985)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Spirit of the Kata (1985)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Sylvie's Story (1986)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
A Safe Distance (1986)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
To a Safer Place (1987)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages (1989)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Adam's World (1989)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
The Burning Times (1990)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Mother Earth (1991)
WORK AS:
Producer
Full Circle (1992)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
I Love You Forever (2025)
WORK AS:
Co-Producer

Kathleen Shannon - Profile - Filmography