Paul Almond Filmography

Born:: April 26, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: In the 1960s, Almond began directing televison in Canada, Great Britain, and the States. He married actress Genevieve Bujold in 1967, and directed her films Isabel, Act Of The Heart, Journey, Final Assignment, and And The Dance Goes On. They divorced in 1973. Almond's recent work includes the...Read More

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Iris

Crew: Unit Publicist

Actors: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton

Synopsis: Based on a pair of memoirs by her husband John Bayley, this biographical portrait of writer Iris Murdoch stars both Judi Dench and Kate Winslet as the philosophical author at different stages of her life. When the young Iris (Winslet) meets fellow student Bayley (Hugh Bonneville) at Oxford, he's a Read More

12/15/01
The Dance Goes on

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this drama, an avaricious city boy leaves his LA home to meet his estranged father on the family homestead in Quebec. They have both inherited the land from a recently deceased uncle. The father has stayed close to his rural roots and cannot understand why his son is so indifferent to his Read More

1992
Captive Hearts

Crew: Director

Actors: Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Chris Makepeace, Mari Sato, Michael Sarrazin, Seth Sakai

Synopsis: In this WWII melodrama, a young pilot captured by the Japanese falls in love with a village woman. Robert (Chris Makepeace) is shot down over wartime Japan. Village elder Fukushima (Pat Morita) saves him from execution. Over time, Robert wins over the village people, particularly young widow Read More

6/5/87
Kiss Me Better

Crew: Director

1982
Ups & Downs

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Colin Skinner, Andrew Sabiston, Gavin Brannan, Leslie Hope

Synopsis: This teen comedy/drama, set in a Canadian boarding school, is about growing up while being thrown together in school rooms and residences. Conflicts and passions arise as the teens try to handle issues like a mother dying of cancer, prejudice, the agony of physical "defects," and other more or Read More

1981
Final Assignment

Crew: Director

Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith, Colleen Dewhurst, Alexandra Stewart

Synopsis: In this complex spy caper, Nicole (Genevieve Bujold) is a Canadian broadcast journalist working on assignment in the former U.S.S.R. She is there to cover a visit by the Canadian prime minister, but along the way she discovers an unethical experimentation on children involving the use of steroids. Read More

1980
Journey

Crew: Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: John Vernon

Synopsis: Genevieve Bujold stars as a girl who is rescued from the brink of drowning by a Quebecois pioneer (John Vernon); after settling in his community, she brings bad luck to all those who cross her path. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
The Act of the Heart

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Donald Sutherland, Monique Leyrac, Bill Mitchell, Suzanne Langlois

Synopsis: A woman is led to the edge of madness as she wrestles between her spiritual life and her romantic longings in this unusual drama. Martha Hayes (Genevieve Bujold) is a young woman who was raised in a small rural community. A deeply committed Christian, Hayes moves to Montreal, where she earns a Read More

1970
Isabel

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Marc Strange, Gerard Parkes, Elton Hayes, Ede Kerr, Al Waxman

Synopsis: Written and directed by Paul Almont, Isabel takes place in a Canadian coastal village. Genevieve Bujold, who must hold the patent for Enigmatic Young Women, plays a girl whose flawlessly beautiful face masks the maelstrom swirling in her mind. Isabel is haunted by the images of her family members Read More

1968
Seven Up

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The British documentary Seven Up originated in 1963 as a 31-minute episode of the highly acclaimed Granada Television series World in Action. Acting upon the venerable Jesuit edict "Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man," director Paul Almond and his young team of Read More

1963
Backfire!

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A business partner, desperate to milk some kind of profit from his failing cosmetics business, turns to arson with deadly results when he inadvertently immolates his partner while trying to destroy the factory. Still he succeeds in getting the insurance money. He then gets greedy and decides to do Read More

1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Ikon of Elijah

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Cypriot shopkeeper Carpius (Oscar Homolka) falls in love with the beautiful Elptheria (Danielle de Metz), promising to give her anything her heart desires. To demonstrate the length and breadth of his devotion, Carpius sneaks into a monastery in search of the rare Ikon of Elijah, which he plans to Read More

1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Relative Value

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Heavily in debt, John Manbridge (Denholm Elliott) cannot wait to inherit the money promised him by his wealthy uncle Felix (Torin Thatcher). Hoping to speed up the process, John kills Uncle Felix, and then arranges a "perfect alibi." Only when Felix's body is found does John discover that the Read More

1959
Folio [TV Series]

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: A precursor to the CBC's famous fine-arts omnibus series Festival, Folio began its four-year run in 1956. The series, which fluctuated between a 60- and 90-minute length, offered a vast array of original dramas, musical compositions, and ballets, many of which had originated from the Read More

1956