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John Grierson

John Grierson
John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)

John Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert J. Flaherty's Moana.

26 April 1898

Born on the same birth date (26 April 1898): Vicente Aleixandre

Born on the same birth day (26 April): Akseli Gallen-KallelaAlice de Toeni, Countess of WarwickApril 26Cornelia UllrichFrank D'RoneFrederick Law OlmstedGary WrightGerard CafesjianHarry GallatinHoward Davies (director)Jimmy GiuffreMarilyn NelsonMarlon KingMitch ReinRichard Bradshaw (conductor)Samantha CristoforettiThiago AlmadaXenophon Zolotas

Born in the same month (April 1898): Agnes AyresChiungtze C. TsenCurly LambeauDavid JackE. J. BowenGeorge Jessel (actor)Harindranath ChattopadhyayHenry LuceLily PonsLudwig BemelmansPatrick Hennessy (industrialist)Solange d'AyenWilliam James Sidis