by Sandra Brennan
biography
Canadian screenwriter Ted Allan is best known for penning Lies My Father Told Me (1976), the Oscar-nominated story of a Jewish boy growing up in a 1920s Montreal ghetto who develops a special friendship with his orthodox grandfather. Some of his other well-known films include his co-adaptation (with John Cassavetes) of his story Love Streams (1984) and Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1989), which was based on Allan's The Scalpel, the Sword: The Story of Dr. Norman Bethune.
| Title | Year | Editors' Rating | User Rating | |
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Screenwriter |
1989 | |||
| 1984 | ||||
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Love Streams
Play Author, Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1984 | |||
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Falling in Love Again
Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
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Deux Affreux sur le Sable
Screenwriter |
1978 | |||
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Lies My Father Told Me
Actor, Screenwriter |
1975 | |||
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Seven Times a Day
Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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The Webster Boy
Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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Lies My Father Told Me
Screenwriter |
1960 |
