Sydney Newman
Canadian television producer (1917–1997)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917-04-01
- Died
- 1997-10-30
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Head of Drama
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Production · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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…
Known for
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer — Self (archive footage)2025
- Verity Lambert: Drama Queen — (Archive Footage)2008
- Doctor Who: Origins — Self (archive footage)2006
- Creation of the Daleks — Himself (archive footage)2006
- The Magical Eye — Self1989
- Grierson — Self1973
via TMDB
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1917 births1997 deaths20th-century Canadian screenwritersBBC executivesCanadian documentary film producersCanadian film editorsCanadian impresariosCanadian male screenwritersCanadian male television writersCanadian people of Russian-Jewish descentCanadian showrunnersCanadian television show creators