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He was the director of the controversial docudrama The Kid Who Couldn't Miss [1] and cinematographer on the Oscar-winning Flamenco at 5:15 . He is the winner of a Genie Award for his documentary Westray, on the Westray Mine disaster. [2] He wrote and directed the 2005 documentary The Peacekeepers. He retired from the NFB in 2009, after ...
Paul Cowan. 2001 1 h 19 min. In this feature documentary, filmmaker Paul Cowan offers an innovative, moving account of the Westray coal mine disaster that killed 26 men in Nova Scotia on May 9, 1992. The film focuses on the lives of three widows and three miners lucky enough not to be underground that day when the methane and coal dust ignited.
Oct 12, 2010 · October 12, 2010. Reading time: 4 minutes. Paul Cowan is a Canadian filmmaker who spent many years working at the NFB. He retired from the Film Board in 2009, after directing Paris 1919, a film adaptation of Margaret MacMillan’s Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War. Cowan’s NFB career was prolific and ...
Paul Cowan. Producer: The Crying Game. Paul Cowan was born on 3 September 1939 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Crying Game (1992), Black Water (2007) and The Golden Lady (1979). He was married to Karen O'Brien. He died on 6 October 2016 in Brampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- September 3, 1939
- October 6, 2016
Nov 1, 2016 · 1 November 2016 • 6:09pm. Paul Cowan. Paul Cowan , who has died aged 77, was one of the great unsung contributors to the revival of the British film industry in the 1980s and 1990s. His most ...
Paul Cowan. Producer: The Crying Game. Paul Cowan was born on 3 September 1939 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Crying Game (1992), Black Water (2007) and The Golden Lady (1979).
Paul Cowan. 2001 1 h 19 min. In this feature documentary, filmmaker Paul Cowan offers an innovative, moving account of the Westray coal mine disaster that killed 26 men in Nova Scotia on May 9, 1992. The film focuses on the lives of three widows and three miners lucky enough not to be underground that day when the methane and coal dust ignited.
