Don Owen

Don Owen studied anthropology at the University of Toronto and began his career writing sponsored films before joining the National Film Board in 1960 In 1963 while he was with the NFBs Unit B he was assigned to direct a halfhour docudrama about a probation officer and a juvenile delinquent He disobeyed orders and instead delivered the edgy urgent now legendary feature iNobody Waved GoodByei It was the first film to give Toronto a cinematic identity and remains an inspired work that blends icinmavriti with fiction It received critical acclaim and became an icon of Englishspeaking Canadian filmmaking Owen followed up iNobodyi with two more features the intriguing iNotes for a Film about Donna and Gail iand iThe Ernie Gamei a perceptive drama of late 1960s Canuck Zeitgeist Leaving the Board in 1969 Owen directed several shorts and unsatisfactory dramas for television including iUnfinished Businessi a 1984 sequel to iNobody Waved GoodByeibrbr