Don Owen

Don Owen (1931-2016) was born in Toronto, studied anthropology at the university of his city and meant to become a poet before joining the National Film Board in the early sixties. Assigned a short documentary on probation officers, he turned it, with only his producer's agreement, into an improvised feature-length fiction film. He then co-directed with Donald Brittain a portrait of the poet Leonard Cohen, and divided the end of his life between painting and poetry. He died in Toronto, aged eighty-four.

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• CinemaNobody Waved Good-byeDon Owen · 1964Cinema