Eric Till (born 24 November 1929) is an English film and television
director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the
1960s. His 1977 film It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet was entered into the
10th Moscow International Film Festival.After directing for the
Armchair Theatre and Wednesday Play series' in the UK, Till emigrated
to Canada in Toronto. He has directed numerous Canadian and American
TV films from the 1960s onwards, including An American Christmas Carol
starring Henry Winkler, Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, and To Catch
a Killer, starring Brian Dennehy as psychotic serial killer John Wayne
Gacy.Films he has directed include; Hot Millions, A Fan's Notes, It
Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, Bethune, Wild Horse Hank, Improper
Channels, Voices from Within (also known as Silhouette), Bonhoeffer -
Agent of Grace, Luther and the Muppet television series and movies
Fraggle Rock, The Christmas Toy and A Muppet Family Christmas. His
work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) included some of
the following: the mini-series of Pierre Berton's The National Dream,
a movie of Brian Friel's Freedom of the City, Katherine Anne Porter's
Pale Horse, Pale Rider, Marghanita Laski's The Offshore Island, John
Hopkins's Talking to a Stranger, the television film Shocktrauma, and
the mini-series Glory Enough for All about the discoverers of
insulin.Till has directed performances of the National Ballet of
Canada, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for
television as well as the final concert of the famous conductor Sir
Thomas Beecham.
director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the
1960s. His 1977 film It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet was entered into the
10th Moscow International Film Festival.After directing for the
Armchair Theatre and Wednesday Play series' in the UK, Till emigrated
to Canada in Toronto. He has directed numerous Canadian and American
TV films from the 1960s onwards, including An American Christmas Carol
starring Henry Winkler, Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, and To Catch
a Killer, starring Brian Dennehy as psychotic serial killer John Wayne
Gacy.Films he has directed include; Hot Millions, A Fan's Notes, It
Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, Bethune, Wild Horse Hank, Improper
Channels, Voices from Within (also known as Silhouette), Bonhoeffer -
Agent of Grace, Luther and the Muppet television series and movies
Fraggle Rock, The Christmas Toy and A Muppet Family Christmas. His
work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) included some of
the following: the mini-series of Pierre Berton's The National Dream,
a movie of Brian Friel's Freedom of the City, Katherine Anne Porter's
Pale Horse, Pale Rider, Marghanita Laski's The Offshore Island, John
Hopkins's Talking to a Stranger, the television film Shocktrauma, and
the mini-series Glory Enough for All about the discoverers of
insulin.Till has directed performances of the National Ballet of
Canada, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for
television as well as the final concert of the famous conductor Sir
Thomas Beecham.
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