Beverly Shaffer
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Female
Place of Birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Beverly Shaffer
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
Director
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It's Just Better
as Director
2005
Mr. Mergler's Gift
as Director
2002
To My Birthmother...
as Director
1999
Just a Wedding
as Director
1996
Children of Jerusalem: Gesho
as Director
1996
Children of Jerusalem: Ibrahim
as Director
1994
Children of Jerusalem: Yehudah
as Director
1992
Children of Jerusalem: Asya
as Director
1992
Children of Jerusalem: Neveen
as Director
1992
Children of Jerusalem: Yacoub
as Director
1991
Children of Jerusalem: Tamar
as Director
1987
To a Safer Place
as Director
1983
I want to Be an Engineer
as Director
1981
Julie O'Brien
as Director
1977
I'll Find a Way
as Director
1977
Gurdeep Singh Bains
as Director
1977
Kevin Alec
as Director
1977
Beautiful Lennard Island
as Director
1975
My Friends Call Me Tony
as Director
1975
My Name Is Susan Yee
as Director
Producer
1987
To a Safer Place
as Producer
Writer
1983
I want to Be an Engineer
as Writer