Gudrun Parker

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1920-03-16

Deathday 2022-11-15 (102 years old)

Place of Birth Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Also Known As Gundrun Bjerring

Gudrun Parker

Biography

Gudrun Johanna Bjerring Parker OC (March 16, 1920 – November 15, 2022) was a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and producer. She worked on films with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) during the Second World War and in the early 1950s. Parker wrote the script for The Stratford Adventure, which was nominated for an academy award, and directed part of Royal Journey, which won a BAFTA. She married fellow NFB filmmaker Morten Parker. They often worked as a team on films and in 1963, they established a production company, Parker Film Associates

Known For

Director

1951
Opera School

as Director

1951
Royal Journey

as Director

1946
A City Sings

as Director

1945
1943

Writer

Editor

Producer

1948