Person
Kathleen Shannon
Sound · 1935–1998 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Kathleen Shannon was a Canadian sound editor, picture editor, producer and director. Shannon lobbied for more resources for women’s filmmaking at the National Film Board which led to the creation of Studio D in 1974.
Known for
Full Circle
Executive Producer
Four Families
Sound
Mother Earth
Producer
Lewis Mumford on The City
Sound Editor
I Love You Forever
Co-Producer
Train 406
Sound Editor
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
Writer
The Best Time of My Life: Portraits of Women in Mid-Life
Executive Producer
Waterwalker
Associate Producer
If You Love This Planet
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2025I Love You ForeverCo-Producer
- 1997Kathleen Shannon: On Film, Feminism & Other DreamsSelf
- 1992Full CircleExecutive Producer
- 1991Mother EarthProducer
- 1990The Burning TimesExecutive Producer
- 1989Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle AgesExecutive Producer
- 1989Adam's WorldExecutive Producer
- 1987To a Safer PlaceExecutive Producer
- 1986Doctor, Lawyer, Indian ChiefProducer
- 1986Sylvie's StoryExecutive Producer
- 1986A Safe DistanceExecutive Producer
- 1986Moving OnExecutive Producer
- 1986The Impossible Takes a Little LongerExecutive Producer
- 1985Speaking Our PeaceExecutive Producer
- 1985Spirit of the KataExecutive Producer
- 1985The Best Time of My Life: Portraits of Women in Mid-LifeExecutive Producer
- 1984Abortion: Stories from North and SouthExecutive Producer
- 1984Behind the Veil: NunsExecutive Producer
- 1984WaterwalkerAssociate Producer
- 1984Turnaround: A Story of RecoveryWriter
- 1984This Borrowed LandExecutive Producer
- 1983I Want to Be an EngineerExecutive Producer
- 1983Flamenco at 5:15Executive Producer
- 1982If You Love This PlanetExecutive Producer
- 1982It's Just BetterExecutive Producer
- 1981Julie O'BrienExecutive Producer
- 1980LailaExecutive Producer
- 1979Canada Vignettes: McIntoshExecutive Producer
- 1979The Right Candidate for RosedaleExecutive Producer
- 1978Canada Vignettes: Stunt FamilyExecutive Producer
- 1978Canada Vignettes: The ThirtiesExecutive Producer
- 1978Canada Vignettes: HolidaysExecutive Producer
- 1978Patricia's Moving PictureExecutive Producer
- 1977Gurdeep Singh BainsExecutive Producer
- 1977Some American FeministsExecutive Producer
- 1977Kevin AlecExecutive Producer
- 1977Beautiful Lennard IslandExecutive Producer
- 1977I'll Find a WayExecutive Producer
- 1975Great Grand MotherExecutive Producer
- 1975GoldwoodSelf
- 1975Our Dear SistersProducer
- 1975...and They Lived Happily Ever AfterProducer
- 1975My Friends Call Me TonyExecutive Producer
- 1975Challenge for Change: “… and They Lived Happily Ever After”Director
- 1974Like the TreesDirector
- 1974Luckily I Need Little SleepProducer
- 1974Would I Ever Like to WorkDirector
- 1974They appreciate you moreDirector
- 1974Tiger on a Tight LeashEditor
- 1974Mothers Are PeopleDirector
- 1969You Are on Indian LandEditor
- 1967Powwow at Duck LakeEditor
- 1967The Summer We Moved to Elm StreetEditor
- 196423 SkidooEditor
- 1963Lewis Mumford on The CitySound Editor
- 1963The Persistent SeedSound Editor
- 1962My Financial CareerSound Editor
- 1962Lonely BoySound Editor
- 1962BuddhismSound Editor
- 1962Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of QuébecSound Editor
- 1962RunnerSound Effects
- 1961Circle of the SunSound Editor
- 1961Festival in Puerto RicoSound Editor
- 1961The Days of Whisky GapSound Editor
- 1961Joseph Howe: The Tribune of Nova ScotiaSound Editor
- 1960UniverseSound Editor
- 1960Four FamiliesSound
- 1960The Cars in Your LifeSound Editor
- 1959Emergency WardSound
- 1958Train 406Sound Editor
- 1957Fires of EnvySound Editor
- 1957Wolfe and MontcalmSound Editor
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