Grant Munro(1923-2017)

Director
Animation Department
Producer

Grant Munro was born on 25 April 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Canon (1964), The Animal Movie (1966) and Toys (1967). He died on 9 December 2017 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Canon

6.9

Short

Director(as McLaren & Munro)

1964

The Animal Movie

7.8

Short

Director

1966

Toys

7.6

Short

Director

1967

Tour en l'air

Director

1973

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Director

Cut-Up: The Films of Grant Munro
7.3
Video
- Director (compilation)
- 2003
McLaren on McLaren
6.1
Short
- Director
- 1983
See You in the Funny Papers
Short
- Director
- 1983
Animated Motion #5
5.9
Short
- Director
- 1978
Animated Motion: Part 4
6.1
Short
- Director
- 1976
Animated Motion: Part 3
6.0
Short
- Director
- 1976
Animated Motion: Part 2
5.9
Short
- Director
- 1976
Animated Motion: Part 1
5.9
Short
- Director
- 1976
Boo Hoo
8.9
Short
- Director
- 1975
Tour en l'air
- Director
- 1973
Where There's Smoke
Short
- Director
- 1970
Ashes of Doom
5.9
Short
- Director
- 1970
Toys
7.6
Short
- Director
- 1967
The Animal Movie
7.8
Short
- Director
- 1966
Canon
6.9
Short
- Director (as McLaren & Munro)
- 1964

Animation Department

Future Block
Short
- animation crew
- 1987
Lucretia
7.0
Short
- rendering artist
- 1987
The Animal Movie
7.8
Short
- animator
- 1966
Canon
6.9
Short
- animator
- 1964
What Farm Price Support Means to You
Short
- animator
- 1962
Pot-pourri
Short
- animator
- 1962
My Financial Career
6.5
Short
- animator
- 1962
L'homme du lac
Short
- drawings: historical sequence
- 1961
The Standard Range Approach
Short
- animator
- 1957
Huff and Puff
Short
- animator
- 1955
Christmas Carols
6.9
Short
- animator
- 1947
Stanley Takes a Trip
5.6
Short
- animator
- 1947
The Three Blind Mice
5.1
Short
- animator
- 1945
Let's All Sing Together: No. 6
Short
- animator
- 1945
Let's All Sing Together: No. 5
Short
- animator
- 1945

Producer

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Official site
- NFB homage (french)
Alternative names
- McLaren & Munro
Born
- April 25, 1923
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died
- December 9, 2017
- Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Trivia
He graduated from the Ontario College of Art where his teacher Franklin Carmichael, one of the Group of Seven painters, helped him get a job at the National Film Board (Canada). He specialized in animation using paper cut-outs.

Quotes
We were developing what we thought were new techniques. It was so exciting that you could hardly leave the filmmaking area, you just wanted to stay there...There was always a sharing and enthusiasm. It was a great, great time.

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