Beverly Shaffer
Directing
Biography
Beverly Shaffer (1945-) is a filmmaker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shaffer spent the bulk of her professional career with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), directing short documentaries and dramas. Her documentary I'll Find a Way, about a young girl with spina bifida, won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
🎬 Movies (20)
Mr. Mergler's Gift
2005
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To My Birthmother...
2002
Director
Just a Wedding
1999
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Children of Jerusalem: Gesho
1996
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Children of Jerusalem: Ibrahim
1996
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Children of Jerusalem: Yehudah
1994
Director
Children of Jerusalem: Asya
1992
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Children of Jerusalem: Neveen
1992
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Children of Jerusalem: Yacoub
1992
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Children of Jerusalem: Tamar
1991
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To a Safer Place
1987
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I Want to Be an Engineer
1983
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It's Just Better
1982
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Julie O'Brien
1981
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I'll Find a Way
1977
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Gurdeep Singh Bains
1977
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Kevin Alec
1977
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Beautiful Lennard Island
1977
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My Friends Call Me Tony
1975
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My Name Is Susan Yee
1975
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