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es: John Napier

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es: John James Richard Macleod

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es: John Maynard Smith

es: John William Polidori

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In popular myth, the word ' documentary ' was coined by Scottish documentarian John Grierson in his review of Robert Flaherty's film Moana ( 1926 ), published in the New York Sun on 8 February 1926, written by " The Moviegoer " ( a pen name for Grierson ).

In Canada the Film Board, set up by John Grierson, was created for the same propaganda reasons.

In Britain, a number of different filmmakers came together under John Grierson.

Examples of their work include Drifters ( John Grierson ), Song of Ceylon ( Basil Wright ), Fires Were Started and A Diary for Timothy ( Humphrey Jennings ).

* 1972 – John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker ( b. 1898 )

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The film, on its release, was not as successful as Nanook of the North domestically, but it did very well in Europe, inspiring John Grierson to coin the word " documentary.

After Tabu, Flaherty was considered finished in Hollywood, and Frances Flaherty contacted John Grierson of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit in London, who assigned Flaherty to the documentary Industrial Britain ( 1933 ).

* February 19 – John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker ( b. 1898 )

** John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker ( d. 1972 )

Famous residents have included Mary, Queen of Scots ; King James VI of Scotland ; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ; documentary film pioneer John Grierson ; film music composer Muir Mathieson ; animation pioneer Norman McLaren ; TV presenter Kirsty Young ; and footballers Billy Bremner ( captain of Leeds United and Scotland ) and Frank Beattie ( captain of Kilmarnock ).

It set up a panel including Michael Balcon, Antony Asquith, John Grierson, Harry Watt and Arthur Elston, which became a committee of sponsorship and distribution.

In 1938, the Government of Canada invited John Grierson, a British documentary film-maker, to study the state of the government's film production.

The six-storey John Grierson Building at its Montreal headquarters has sat empty for several years – with HQ staff now based solely in its adjacent Norman McLaren Building.

* John Grierson, NFB founder

* John Grierson, 1939 – 1945

* Canada establishes a National Film Commission, predecessor of the National Film Board of Canada, with John Grierson as first Commissioner.

* GPO Film Unit established in the United Kingdom under John Grierson, taking over responsibility for documentary film making from the Empire Marketing Board.

The word " documentary " was first applied to films of this nature in a review of this movie written by " The Moviegoer ", a pen name for John Grierson in the New York Sun on 8 February 1926.