Paul Almond

Paul Almond started out in life as David Paul MacPherson Almond Educated at McGill University in Montreal and Oxford England Almonds career began in 1954 and since then he has produced and directed over a hundred television dramas and several motion pictures Almond joined the CBC as its youngest producerdirector and soon won the Liberty Award for best Canadian TV Drama producer in 1958 The first TV play he wrote produced and directed iThe Hilli won the Ohio State Award for Television excellence that same year In 1959 he won another Ohio State Award for his own adaptation of Dylan Thomass iUnder Milk Woodi the citation reading brilliantly conceived and executed beautifully staged and performed a brilliant illustration of creativity integrity and respect for art Married for a time to a hrefbujoldgenevieveGenevive Bujolda he cast her in iIsabel Act of the Heart Journeyi and iFinal Assignmenti He was a recipient of the Order of Canada in 2001 and was recognized for his long career with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 from the Directors Guild of Canada In adition to his career in film in his later years he began writing books finishing a total of twelve historical novels He died in Malibu California after being hospitalized for 10 days due to complications arising from heart problems he had suffered for several yearsbrbrThe image of Paul Almond was taken from a video interview with Paul Almond 2012 Northernstarscabrbr2004 interview with a hrefalmondpaulinterviewPaul Almondabr2012 a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscaalmondpaul2012interviewexclusive video interviewa with Northernstarscabrbrbr