Hot Docs remembers Allan King

IN MEMORIAM: ALLAN KING

Hot Docs joins the film communities at home and around the world in mourning the death of Allan King who passed away Monday at his home in Toronto. 

A pioneer in cinéma vérité and direct cinema, King was one of Canada’s best known and most innovative filmmakers. His landmark film Warrendale (1967), about emotionally disturbed children in a Toronto institution, earned the Prix d’art et d’essai at Cannes in 1967, as well as the BAFTA’s Best Foreign Film Award, which is shared with Antonioni’s Blow Up, and the New York Critics Circle Award, which it shared with Bunuel’s Belle de Jour. His other notable films include A Married Couple (1969), the fiction film Who Has Seen the Wind (1977), and more recently Dying at Grace (2003) and EMPz 4 Life (2006).

“In addition to his epic talent, Allan was a great friend and mentor,” says Chris McDonald, Executive Director of Hot Docs. “He was unfailingly generous with his time, and thoughtful with his advice and support. We will all miss him dearly.”