{{Short description|Canadian producer and director}} {{Infobox person | name = Cliff Solway | image = | alt = Cliff | caption = | birth_name = Clifford Solway | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|11|06}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|8|03|1926|11|06}} | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Producer, Director }}
'''Clifford "Cliff" Solway''' (November 6, 1926 – August 3, 2009) was a Canadian producer and director for public affairs programming for 57 years on CBC Television.<ref name=obituary>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Clifford Solway|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=clifford-solway&pid=131029849|accessdate=3 December 2011|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=August 7, 2009}}</ref>
==Biography==
Solway was born in Toronto, Ontario, and attended college at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute there. After graduating, he began work with CBC at the suggestion of a friend; he applied and was hired into the lightning department and eventually rose to the level of producer.<ref name=Gallagher>{{cite news|last=Gallagher|first=Danny|title=He was there when the CBC introduced TV to Canadians|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090910.OBSOLWAY10ART2049/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|accessdate=3 December 2011|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=September 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210124259/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090910.OBSOLWAY10ART2049/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|archive-date=10 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He produced such shows as ''Fighting Words'' and ''Background''.
While working in Toronto, he met lifelong friend Antoinette Bower, who worked at the studio. Though they eventually tried to live together in Bower's home city, Los Angeles, for a time, they did not spend enough time together for the relationship to be viable, as Solway had to spend too much time in Toronto. Although Bower married in 1963, they remained close friends for Solway's entire life. After his death, Bower was quoted as saying, "We were soulmates for life. We loved each other."<ref name=Gallagher/>
Later in his life, Solway lived in New York City,<ref name=obituary/> where he worked as a freelance writer for newspapers – including Saturday Night, Village Voice and the New Statesman – and as a documentary producer.<ref name=Gallagher/>
==Works==
* ''Books Alive'' (TV series) * ''The Business of Books'' (TV Series) * ''Crossfire'' (TV series) * ''Profile'' (TV series) * ''Fighting Words'' (TV series) * ''Background'' (TV series) * ''The Business of Books'' (TV series) * ''Explorations'' (TV series) * ''Provincial Affairs'' (TV series) * ''Winter Conference (1956)'' (TV series) * ''The Way It Is'' (TV series, director) * ''The Times They Are A-Changin''' (TV movie) * ''Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reagan and The Big, Beautiful, Beleaguered American Dream'' (documentary) * ''A Long View Of Canadian History'' (documentary) * ''The Lost Apple'' (documentary, short), 1962, a US Information Agency production, narrated by Carlos Montalban * ''The Gay Life'' (documentary, short) * ''The Burglars'' (documentary, short) * "Turning History Upside Down" (article)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Solway|first=Clifford|date=20 June 1970|title=Turning History Upside Down|magazine=Saturday Review|location=USA|publisher=McCall Corporation}}</ref> * "Film, Television, and Reality" (article)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Solway|first=Clifford|journal=Teachers College Record|title=Film, Television, and Reality|year=1966|volume=68|series=3|issue=3 |pages=1–3 |doi=10.1177/016146816606800310 |s2cid=246490353 }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.gettyimages.de/license/483132587 Picture of Clifford Solway] * {{IMDb name|2297261}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf |first=Blaine |last=Allan |title=CBC Television Series, 1952-1982 |publisher=Queen's University |year=1996 |accessdate=16 Feb 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090036/http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Solway, Cliff}} Category:1926 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Canadian television producers Category:Mass media people from Toronto