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Sydney Newman

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Sydney Newman

Sydney Newman is a producer born on April 1, 1917 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He died on October 30, 1997, aged 80. He is known for Doctor Who, The Avengers and Doctor Who. GloboWatch shows where to watch 2 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Production
Born
April 1, 1917
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
October 30, 1997
Also known as
Sydney Newman (I) · Sydney Cecil Newman · Sydney Nudelman

Biography

Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (April 1, 1917 – October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, Newman was appointed Acting Director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) and then head of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He also occupied senior positions at the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and acted as an advisor to the Secretary of State. During his time in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, he worked first with the Associated British Corporation (ABC, now Thames Television), before moving across to the BBC in 1962, holding the role of Head of Drama with both organisations. During this phase of his career, he was responsible for initiating two hugely popular television programmes, the spy-fi series The Avengers and the science-fiction series Doctor Who, as well as overseeing the production of groundbreaking social realist drama series such as Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play. The Museum of Broadcast Communications describes Newman as "the most significant agent in the development of British television drama." His obituary in The Guardian declared that "For ten brief but glorious years, Sydney Newman ... was the most important impresario in Britain ... His death marks not just the end of an era but the laying to rest of a whole philosophy of popular art." In Quebec, as commissioner of the NFB, he attracted controversy for his decision to suppress distribution of several politically sensitive films by French Canadian directors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

  1. 2025Innes Lloyd: The Produceras Self (archive footage)
  2. 2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongCreator
  3. 2011Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeCreator
  4. 2008Verity Lambert: Drama Queenas (Archive Footage)
  5. 2006Creation of the Daleksas Himself (archive footage)
  6. 2006Doctor Who: Originsas Self (archive footage)
  7. 2005Doctor WhoCreator
  8. 1998The AvengersCreator
  9. 1989The Magical Eyeas Self
  10. 1973Griersonas Self
  11. 1966Doctor Who: The Power of the DaleksCreator
  12. 1966Adam Adamant Lives!Creator
  13. 1965Dr. Who and the DaleksCreator
  14. 1965Tea PartyProducer
  15. 1964The Wednesday PlayCreator
  16. 1963Doctor WhoCreator
  17. 1963FestivalProducer
  18. 1962Afternoon of a NymphProducer
  19. 1962Out of This WorldProducer
  20. 1961The Rose AffairProducer
  21. 1961The Ship That Couldn't StopProducer
  22. 1961Danger! Men WorkingProducer
  23. 1961Pathfinders to VenusProducer · Creator
  24. 1961The AvengersCreator
  25. 1960Pathfinders to MarsProducer · Creator
  26. 1960Pathfinders in SpaceProducer · Creator
  27. 1960Police SurgeonCreator
  28. 1960A Night OutProducer
  29. 1960Target LunaProducer · Creator
  30. 1960After the FuneralProducer
  31. 1960Where I LiveProducer
  32. 1960Lord Arthur Savile's CrimeProducer
  33. 1959The Scent of FearProducer
  34. 1959Hot Summer NightProducer
  35. 1958I Can Destroy the SunProducer
  36. 1956Armchair TheatreCreator
  37. 1954The Canadian Howdy Doody ShowProducer
  38. 1951Talent ShowcaseDirector · Producer
  39. 1951Screaming JetsProducer
  40. 1949Red Runs the FraserProducer
  41. 1949Summer Is for KidsProducer
  42. 1949Passport to CanadaProducer
  43. 1949A Capital PlanProducer
  44. 1948Pay-Off In PainProducer
  45. 1948Inside The AtomProducer
  46. 1948It's Fun to SingProducer
  47. 1948Science in BloomProducer
  48. 1948Choral ConcertProducer
  49. 1947Johnny at the FairProducer
  50. 1947Canada DancesProducer
  51. 1947Careers and CradlesProducer
  52. 1947Montreal by NightProducer
  53. 1946Ski SkillWriter · Producer
  54. 1946The New NorthProducer
  55. 1944Flight 6Director
  56. 1944Train BustersDirector
  57. 1944Trans-Canada ExpressProducer
  58. 1944Fighting Sea-FleasWriter · Producer · Editor · Director
  59. 1943Banshees Over CanadaProducer
  60. 1943Fighting NorwayDirector