Barry Greenwald

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Barry Greenwald

Biography

Barry Greenwald is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus. While in his final year as a student at Conestoga College, he directed the 1975 film Metamorphosis, inspired by Czech documentary filmmaker Vaclav Taborsky, which won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Upon graduation, he worked with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as a film editor, before directing documentary films independently. Greenwald's films include the 1990 one-hour documentary Between Two Worlds, about Inuit Joseph Idlout. Produced by the NFB and Investigative Productions Inc., the film is included in the 2011 Inuit film collection, Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories.

Known For

Director

2009
1998
High Risk Offender

as Director

1995
The Negotiator

as Director

1990
Between Two Worlds

as Director

1989
Who Gets In?

as Director

1985
Pitchmen

as Director

1982
Taxi!

as Director

1975
Metamorphosis

as Director

Editor

1985
Pitchmen

as Editor

1980
Hot Wheels

as Editor

Writer

1982
Taxi!

as Writer

Producer

1998
High Risk Offender

as Producer

Sound

1998