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5-May-23
Brian McKenna was a documentary filmmaker often filling the roles of Producer Director and Screenwriter on his projects many of which dealt with Canadas history during times of war He was a founding producer of CBCs Oscar and Emmy awardwinning documentary program emthe fifth estateem where he worked from 19751988 A former parliamentary correspondent for the Montreal Star he often worked with his brother Terence McKenna also a filmmaker in particular on the 3part 1992 series emThe Valour and the Horrorem which contained three episodes titled emA Savage Christmas The Fall of Hong Kongem emDeath by Moonlight Bomber Commandem and emIn Desperate Battle Normandy 1944embrbrHe was 77 when he died in Montreal in May of 2023brbr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Killing Ground (TV-1988)
The Making of a Leader (1919-1968) (TV-1994)
The Art of Governing (1968-1972) (TV-1994)
Establishing a Just Society (1972-1984) (TV-1994)
War at Sea: U-boats in the St. Lawrence (1995)
War at Sea: The Black Pit (1995)
A Web of War (1996)
Fire and Ice: The Rocket Richard Riot (2000)
Big Sugar (TV-2005, short)
The Great War (TV-2007)
La fin de la Nouvelle-France (TV-2009)
Famine and Shipwreck, an Irish Odyssey (TV-2011)
Newfoundland at Armageddon (2016)
TV Series:
The Valour and the Horror (1992, mini-series)
War of 1812 (1999, mini-series)
Chiefs (2002, mini-series)
Korea: The Unfinished War (2003, mini-series)
The Secret World of Gold (part of History Specials, 2013)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
The Killing Ground (TV-1988)
War at Sea: U-boats in the St. Lawrence (1995)
War at Sea: The Black Pit (1995)
Big Sugar (TV-2005, short)
The Great War (TV-2007)
Famine and Shipwreck, an Irish Odyssey (TV-2011)
Newfoundland at Armageddon (2016, co-writer)
TV Series:
The Valour and the Horror (1992, mini-series)
War of 1812 (mini-series, 1999)
Korea: The Unfinished War (2003, mini-series)
The Secret World of Gold (part of History Specials, 2013)
Credits as a Producer:
The Great War (TV-2007)
Newfoundland at Armageddon (2016, co-producer)
TV Series:
The Valour and the Horror (1992, mini-series)
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