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Magnus Isacsson

Magnus Isacsson

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Died August 2, 2012

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Magnus Isacsson was born in Sweden in 1948 and immigrated to Canada in 1970. He studied political science at the University of Stockholm and the University of Montreal where he received his B.A. in 1973. When graduating, he received the Award for Best Results in the Faculty of Social Sciences . He has also studied history and cinema at McGill University and Concordia University in Montreal.

From 1972 to 1980 Isacsson produced radio documentaries for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Swedish Broadcasting. From 1980 to 1986 he was a producer for the Enlgish and French-language networks of the CBC, notably for Le Point and the investigative programs 'the fifth estate' and 'Contrechamps'.

Isacsson teaches at the Quebec Film School, L'INIS. He has taught audiovisual production at the University of Montreal, and the history of documentary film at Concordia. In the mid-eighties he taught video production in Zimbabwe and South Africa for Montreal-based Videéo Tiers Monde (Third World Video). He directed an instructional tape on video production which received the award for best audiovisual production from the Association for Audiovisual Teaching Techniques in 1991. He is a member and former co-chair of the Montreal chapter of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus - now DOC Canada; a member of the Association des Réalisateurs and Réalisatrices du Québec, and a former vice-president of the Observatoire du documentaire.

Isacsson is the founding President of the Green Camera competition. He is the founder and moderator of the Lundis du documentaire, a series of screenings and discussions about the creative process in documentary with the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal. Since 2008, he has been writing a blog entitled 'Documentary field notes and flashpoints' which can be found at www.socialdoc.net/magnus.

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Filmography

Director

13

Type

Year

Granny Power Poster

Granny Power Documentary2015

Ma vie réelle Poster

Ma vie réelle Documentary2012

Les Super mémés Poster

Les Super mémés Documentary2010

L'art en action Poster

L'art en action Documentary2009

Maxime, McDuff & McDo Poster

Maxime, McDuff & McDo Documentary2002

Enfants de choeurs! Poster

Enfants de choeurs! Documentary1999

Opération SalAMI: Les Profits Ou La Vie? Poster

Opération SalAMI: Les Profits Ou La Vie? Documentary1999

CSN: Cinq temps d'un mouvement Poster

CSN: Cinq temps d'un mouvement Mini-Series1996

Le grand tumulte Feature Film1996

Power Documentary1996

Out of the Ashes Documentary1991

Cendres et moisson Documentary1990

Uranium Documentary1990

Writer

10

Type

Year

Granny Power Poster

Granny Power Documentary2015

Ma vie réelle Poster

Ma vie réelle Documentary2012

L'art en action Poster

L'art en action Documentary2009

Maxime, McDuff & McDo Poster

Maxime, McDuff & McDo Documentary2002

Rivières d'argent Poster

Rivières d'argent Documentary2002

Opération SalAMI: Les Profits Ou La Vie? Poster

Opération SalAMI: Les Profits Ou La Vie? Documentary1999

Le grand tumulte Feature Film1996

Power Documentary1996

Out of the Ashes Documentary1991

Cendres et moisson Documentary1990

Camera and Electrical Department

1

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy Poster

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy Mini-Series2002

Producer

1

Opération SalAMI: Les Profits Ou La Vie? Poster

Opération SalAMI: Les Profits Ou La Vie? Documentary1999

Sound Department

1

L'art en action Poster

L'art en action Documentary2009

Thanks

1

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Poster

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Documentary1992

Other Crew

1

Uranium Documentary1990

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