Eric Till

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name = Eric Till
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location = London, England
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Eric Till (born 24 November 1929 in London, England) is an English-born film and television director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s.

Career

After directing "Armchair Theatre" and the "Wednesday Play" in the UK, Till emigrated to Canada in 1954. He has directed numerous Canadian and American TV films from the 1960s onwards, including "To Catch a Killer" starring Brian Dennehy as psychotic serial killer John Wayne Gacy and "An American Christmas Carol" starring Henry Winkler. Mr Till has directed performances of the National Ballet of Canada, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for television as well as the final concert of the famous conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.

Films he has directed include; "Hot Millions, A Fan's Notes, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, Bethune, Wild Horse Hank, Improper Channels, Silhouette, Bonhoeffer - Agent of Grace, Luther" and the Muppet television movies "Fraggle Rock, The Christmas Toy" and " A Muppet Family Christmas". His work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) included some of the following: the mini-series of Pierre Berton's "The National Dream", a movie of Brian Friel's "Freedom of the City", Katherine Anne Porter's "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", Marghanita Laski's "The Offshore Island", John Hopkin's "Talking to a Stranger" and the mini-series "Glory Enough for All" about the discoverers of insulin.

In 2005 Mr Till was awarded the Governor General's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.

On August 12 2008 it was announced that Mr Till would be receiving the 2008 Director's Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mr Till has resided in Toronto, Canada since 1954.

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