Robert Verrall(1928-2025)

Producer
Animation Department
Art Department

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Robert Verrall was born on 13 January 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer, known for Energy and Matter (1966), What on Earth! (1967) and The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973). He died on 17 January 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Known for

Energy and Matter

Short

Animation Department

1966

What on Earth! (1967)

7.0

Short

Producer

1967

The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973)

The Family That Dwelt Apart

6.7

Short

Producer

1973

The Drag (1966)

6.6

Short

Producer

1966

Credits

Producer

Professor Norman Cornett
7.3
- producer
- 2009
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
7.5
Short
- producer
- 1987
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
7.8
Short
- producer
- 1986
The Way It Is
5.8
- producer
- 1985
The Cap
7.7
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 1985
Cages
Short
- producer
- 1985
Bayo
6.7
- executive producer
- 1985
Starbreaker
3.8
Short
- producer
- 1984
John Cat
9.2
Short
- executive producer: NFB
- 1984
Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair
6.3
- executive producer
- 1984
Incident at Restigouche
7.3
- executive producer
- 1984
A Good Tree
5.5
Short
- executive producer
- 1984
Bambinger
Short
- producer
- 1984
The Painted Door
5.9
Short
- executive producer: NFB
- 1984
The Masculine Mystique
5.5
- executive producer
- 1984

Animation Department

Goldtooth
7.8
Short
- background artist
- 1996
Energy and Matter
Short
- animator
- 1966
Stefansson: The Arctic Prophet
Short
- graphics director
- 1965
Percé on the Rocks
7.5
Short
- animator
- 1964
Hold-up au Far West
7.2
Short
- background artist
- 1963
Hors-d'oeuvre
5.4
Short
- animator
- 1960
The Maple Leaf
Short
- animator
- 1955
The Colour of Life
Short
- animator
- 1955
Grain Handling in Canada
Short
- animator
- 1955
Age of the Beaver
Short
- animator
- 1952
The Romance of Transportation in Canada
6.2
Short
- design
- 1952
Ottawa: Today and Tomorrow
Short
- animator
- 1951
Date of Birth
Short
- animator
- 1950
Family Tree
6.1
Short
- assistant animator
- 1950
A Capital Plan
4.8
Short
- animator
- 1949

Art Department

Extraordinary Canadians
5.8
TV Series
- original illustrations
- 2011
When All the Leaves Are Gone
7.2
Short
- drawing
- 2010
Professor Norman Cornett
7.3
- drawings
- 2009
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
7.4
- drawings
- 2000
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
7.9
- original drawings
- 1993
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
7.8
Short
- courtroom drawings
- 1986
An Enduring Tradition
- graphics
- 1960
The Maple Leaf
Short
- diagrams
- 1955
The Colour of Life
Short
- diagrams
- 1955

Personal details

Official sites
- Encyclopedia
- NFB Producer's Filmography
Alternative names
- Robert Verral
Born
- January 13, 1928
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
- January 17, 2025
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada(undisclosed)
Children
- David Verrall
Relatives
- Jon Verrall(Grandchild)

Did you know

Trivia
From 1967 to 1972, Verrall served as head of the NFB's Animation Department.

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