Person
Beverly Shaffer
Directing · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biography
Beverly Shaffer (1945-) is a filmmaker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shaffer spent the bulk of her professional career with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), directing short documentaries and dramas. Her documentary I'll Find a Way, about a young girl with spina bifida, won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Known for
It's Just Better
Director
My Friends Call Me Tony
Director
To a Safer Place
Director
Just a Wedding
Director
I'll Find a Way
Director
Julie O'Brien
Director
To My Birthmother...
Director
My Name Is Susan Yee
Director
I Want to Be an Engineer
Director
Kevin Alec
Director
Filmography
- 2005Mr. Mergler's GiftDirector
- 2002To My Birthmother...Director
- 1999Just a WeddingDirector
- 1996Children of Jerusalem: GeshoDirector
- 1996Children of Jerusalem: IbrahimDirector
- 1994Children of Jerusalem: YehudahDirector
- 1992Children of Jerusalem: AsyaDirector
- 1992Children of Jerusalem: NeveenDirector
- 1992Children of Jerusalem: YacoubDirector
- 1991Children of Jerusalem: TamarDirector
- 1987To a Safer PlaceDirector
- 1983I Want to Be an EngineerDirector
- 1982It's Just BetterDirector
- 1981Julie O'BrienDirector
- 1977Gurdeep Singh BainsDirector
- 1977I'll Find a WayDirector
- 1977Beautiful Lennard IslandDirector
- 1977Kevin AlecDirector
- 1975My Friends Call Me TonyDirector
- 1975My Name Is Susan YeeDirector
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