
Margaret Perry
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Margaret Perry
Biography
Margaret Perry (1905-1998) was a Canadian filmmaker and projectionist. Perry worked with John Grierson at the newly formed National Film Board in the early 1940s, and after moving to Nova Scotia in 1945, would go on to make more than 50 films for the Nova Scotia Film Bureau between 1945-1969. The films were used to promote Nova Scotia as a tourism destination, as well as a place for industrial development.
Known For
Acting
(1987)
Margaret Perry: Filmmaker
as Herself
Crew
(1961)
Glooscap Country
Director, Cinematography
(1959)
Lobsters Unlimited
Director, Producer
(1956)
Road to the Keltic
Director
(1945)
Craftsmen at Work
Director
(1945)
Trappers of the Sea
Director
(1944)
Land for Pioneers
Director
(1944)
People of the Potlatch
Assistant Editor
(1943)
Prince Edward Island
Cinematography, Director