Tony Ianzelo

{{Short description|Canadian documentary film director (born 1935)}} {{Infobox person |name = Tony Ianzelo |image = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|06|13}} |birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = |occupation = cinematographer, director |alma_mater = [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson Institute of Technology]] |awards = [[Order of Canada]]<br> [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]] }}

'''Tony Ianzelo''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}} {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|RCA|size=100%}} (born June 13, 1935) is a Canadian documentary director and [[cinematographer]].

==Career== Ianzelo was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], and attended Toronto's [[Ryerson Institute of Technology]]. His career at the [[National Film Board of Canada]] was characterized by an empathic portrayal of his subjects, and he gained a reputation for compassion and honesty through sensitive films and unobtrusive cinematography.

He joined the NFB in 1960 as a camera assistant and, in 1966, made his first film, ''[[Antonio]]''.<ref>[http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=54681 National Film Board of Canada] (NFB)</ref> This short piece, which uses his own father as a subject to explore the themes of family, immigration and alienation, was shown in schools and institutions for three decades after its release. A prolific and innovative artist, he retired in the late 1990s with over one hundred film credits.<ref>[http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=1398&navid=46 Film reference library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012013546/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=1398&navid=46 |date=2007-10-12 }}</ref>

Best known for his quiet empathy and unobtrusive camera-work, he worked with the NFB program ''[[Challenge for Change]]'', where he used his skills on such films as ''[[Cree Hunters of Mistassini]]'' with [[Boyce Richardson]],<ref name=Evans>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Gary|title=In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|isbn=978-0-8020-6833-0|url=https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan|url-access=registration|quote=Cree Hunters of Mistassini.|accessdate=3 January 2012|page=[https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan/page/170 170]|date=30 September 1991}}</ref> and other projects in Canada's Far North. In 1986, with [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]], he co-directed ''[[Transitions (film)|Transitions]]'', the first-ever [[3-D film|3D]] [[IMAX]] film, which premiered at [[Expo 86]] in [[Vancouver]].

Ianzelo was one of the first cinematographers to become a member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]], and received numerous awards and commendations, including the 1975 [[BAFTA Award for Best Documentary]] (for ''Cree Hunters of Mistassini'') and two [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations (for ''[[Blackwood (1976 film)|Blackwood]]'' in 1976 and ''[[High Grass Circus]]'' in 1977). In 2004, in recognition of his lifetime contribution to documentary cinema, he was invested as Member of the [[Order of Canada]]

==Filmography== (All for the [[National Film Board of Canada]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Ianzelo - Director |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/production-personnel/?type=liste-fonction&idF=realisateurs&numf=01&alpha=I&idp=7779&idSMF=1&nom=Tony%20Ianzelo |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Ianzelo - Production Personnel |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/production-personnel/?type=liste-fonction&idF=autres&numf=99&alpha=I&idp=7779&idSMF=4&nom=Tony%20Ianzelo |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref>

*''Antonio'' - documentary short 1966 - director, cinematographer, editor *''The Ever-Changing Lowlands'' - documentary short 1966 - director, cinematographer *''All Systems Go'' - documentary short, Richard Gilbert 1966 - cinematographer *''The Long Haul Men'' - documentary short, Richard Gilbert 1966 - cinematographer *''Canada and the American Revolution: 1763-1783'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1967 - cinematographer *''The Accessible Arctic'' - documentary short, [[David Bairstow (filmmaker)|David Bairstow]] 1967 - cinematographer *''Inmate Training'' - training film, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1967 - cinematographer *''A Question of Priority'' - training film, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1967 - cinematographer *''Chain of Command'' - training film, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1967 - cinematographer *''Compassionate Leave?'' - training film, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1967 - cinematographer *''The Tactless One'' - training film, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1967 - cinematographer *''The Defaulter'' - training film, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1967 - cinematographer *''Impressions of Expo ‘67'' - documentary short, William Brind 1967 - cinematographer *''Isotopes in Action'' - documentary short, Kenneth McCready 1967 - cinematographer *''The North Has Changed'' - documentary short, [[David Bairstow (filmmaker)|David Bairstow]] 1967 - cinematographer *''We’re Gonna Have Recess'' - documentary short, [[Michael J.F. Scott]] 1967 - cinematographer *''New England and New France: 1490-1763'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1967 - cinematographer *''Oskee Wee Wee'' - documentary short, William Pettigrew 1968 - cinematographer *''Saul Alinksy Went to War'' - documentary, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] and [[Donald Brittain]] 1968 - cinematographer *''[[Cosmic Zoom]]'' - documentary short, [[Robert Verrall]] 1968 - cinematographer *''Flight in White'' - documentary short, William Canning 1968 - cinematographer *''The New Equation: Annexationism and Reciprocity: 1840-1860'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1968 - cinematographer *''Dangerous Decades: 1818-1846'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1968 - cinematographer *''People and Power'' - documentary short, [[Bonnie Sherr Klein]] and [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1968 - cinematographer *''Building an Organization'' - documentary short, [[Bonnie Sherr Klein]] and [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1968 - cinematographer *''A Continuing Responsibility'' - documentary short, [[Bonnie Sherr Klein]] 1968 - cinematographer *''Deciding to Organize'' - documentary short, [[Bonnie Sherr Klein]] and [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1968 - cinematographer *''Through Conflict to Negotiation'' - documentary, [[Bonnie Sherr Klein]] and [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1968 - cinematographer *''They’re Putting Us Off the Map'' - documentary short, [[Michael J.F. Scott]] 1968 - cinematographer *''Mrs. Ryan’s Drama Class'' - documentary short, [[Michael Rubbo]] 1969 - cinematographer *''The Dowry'' - short film, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1969 - cinematographer *''Altitude Zero to Infinity'' - documentary short, Richard Gilbert 1969 - cinematographer *''Bing Bang Boom'' - documentary short, Joan Henson 1969 - cinematographer *''You Are on Indian Land'' - documentary short, [[Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell]] 1969 - cinematographer *''[[The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar]]'' - documentary, [[Peter Pearson (director)|Peter Pearson]] 1969 - cinematographer *''The War of 1812: Causes and Consequences: 1783-1818'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1967 - cinematographer *''The Friendly 50s and the Sinister Sixties: 1850-1863'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1969 - cinematographer *''The Triumphant Union and the Canadian Confederation: 1863-1867'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1969 - cinematographer *''The Border Confirmed: The Treaty of Washington: 1867-1871'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1969 - cinematographer *''A Second Transcontinental Nation: 1872'' - documentary, Ronald Dick and Pierre L’Amare 1969 - cinematographer *''Go With Us'' - documentary short, William Canning 1970 - cinematographer *''Freud: The Hidden Nature of Man'' - documentary short (non-NFB), [[George Kaczender]] 1970 - cinematographer *''[[Don't Knock the Ox]]'' - documentary short 1970 - director, cinematographer *''Fort Who?'' - documentary short, William Brind 1970 - cinematographer *''Here’s to Harry’s Grandfather'' - documentary, [[Michael Rubbo]] 1970 - cinematographer *''Tee-Won Short'' - documentary short, [[Michael J.F. Scott]] 1970 - cinematographer *''That’s the Price'' - documentary, [[Michael J.F. Scott]] 1970 - cinematographer *''Temples of Time'' - documentary, William Canning 1971 - cinematographer *''The Unplanned'' - documentary short, Andy Thomson 1971 - cinematographer *''Angus'' - documentary short, Andy Thomson and [[Michael J.F. Scott]] 1971 - cinematographer *''Don Messer - His Land and His Music'' - documentary, Martin Defalco 1971 - cinematographer *''En Garde'' - documentary short, William Canning 1971 - cinematographer *''God Help the Man Who Would Part with His Land'' - documentary short, [[George C. Stoney]] 1971 - cinematographer *''Here is Canada'' - documentary short 1972 - director, cinematographer *''A Bus - For Us'' - documentary short, Rex Tasker 1972 - cinematographer *''[[Goodbye Sousa]]'' - documentary short 1973 - director, cinematographer *''Our Land is Our Life'' - documentary 1974 - cinematographer and, with [[Boyce Richardson]], director *''Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut'' - documentary short 1974 - director, cinematographer *''[[Cree Hunters of Mistassini]]'' - documentary 1974 - cinematographer and, with [[Boyce Richardson]], director *''Ready When You Are'' - documentary short, [[John N. Smith]] and Douglas Kiefer 1975 - cinematographer *''Bill Loosely’s Heat Pump'' - documentary short, Kenneth McCready 1975 - cinematographer *''Cold Journey'' - feature, Martin Defalco 1975 - cinematographer *''Alberta Girls'' - documentary 1975 - cinematographer, editor and, with [[Malca Gillson]], director *''Musicanada'' - documentary short 1975 - cinematographer and, with [[Malca Gillson]], director *''[[Blackwood (1976 film)|Blackwood]]'' - documentary short 1976 - director, cinematographer *''[[High Grass Circus]]'' - documentary short 1976 - cinematographer and, with Torben Schioler, director *''Striker'' - documentary short, Robert Nichol 1976 - cinematographer *''The Whales Are Waiting'' - documentary short 1976 - cinematographer and, with Strowen Robertson and Andy Thomson, director *''Cree Way'' - documentary short 1977 - director, cinematographer *''Little Big Top'' - documentary short 1977 - cinematographer, editor and, with Torben Schioler, director *''Games of the XXI Olympiad'' - documentary, [[Jean-Claude Labrecque]], [[Jean Beaudin]], [[Marcel Carrière]] and [[Georges Dufaux]] 1977 *''The Mighty Steam Calliope'' - documentary short 1978 - cinematographer and director *''Viking Visitors to North America'' - documentary short 1979 - cinematographer and, with Anthony Kent, director *''Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Don Messer 1910-1973'' - documentary short, Martin Defalco 1979 - cinematographer *''Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Charlie Chamberlain 1911-1972, Marg Osburne 1927-1977'' - documentary short, Martin Defalco 1979 - cinematographer *''Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Charlie Chamberlain 1911-1972'' - two documentary shorts, Martin Defalco 1979 - cinematographer *''Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Marg Osburne 1927-1977'' - two documentary shorts, Martin Defalco 1979 - cinematographer *''Canada Vignettes: Cree Hunters'' - documentary short 1979 - director, cinematographer *''Canada Vignettes: Breadmakers'' - documentary short 1980 - director, cinematographer *''Canada Vignettes: Calliope'' - documentary short 1980 - director, cinematographer *''China: A Land Transformed'' - documentary short 1980 - cinematographer and, with [[Boyce Richardson]], director *''North China Commune'' - documentary 1980 - cinematographer and, with [[Boyce Richardson]], director *''North China Factory'' - documentary 1980 - cinematographer and, with [[Boyce Richardson]], director *''Wuxing People’s Commune'' - documentary 1980 - cinematographer and, with [[Boyce Richardson]], director *''Canada Vignettes: Celebration'' - documentary short 1981 - director, cinematographer *''In Search of Farley Mowat'' - documentary, William Brind 1981 - cinematographer *''Gala'' - documentary, [[John N. Smith]] and Michael McKennirey 1982 - cinematographer *''The Concert Man'' - documentary short 1982 - director, cinematographer *''Learning Ringette'' - documentary short 1982 - cinematographer and, with Bill Graziadei, director *''Singing: A Joy in Any Language'' - documentary 1983 - cinematographer and, with [[Malca Gillson]], director *''Musical Magic: Gilbert and Sullivan in Stratford'' - documentary, [[Malca Gillson]] 1984 - cinematographer *''From Ashes to Forest'' - documentary 1984 - director, cinematographer *''Max Ward'' - documentary, William Canning 1984 - cinematographer *''Overtime'' - documentary, Marrin Canell 1984 - cinematographer *''Transitions'' - documentary short 1986 - director, with [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] *''Making Transitions'' - documentary short 1986 - director *''Feeding and Clothing China's Millions'' - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1986 - cinematographer *''School in the Bush'' - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1986 - cinematographer *''Give Me Your Answer True'' - documentary 1987 - director, with [[Stefan Wodoslawsky]] *''Tiger Emperor'' - documentary short 1988 - director *''Emergency'' - documentary short 1988 - director, with [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] *''The First Emperor of China'' - documentary 1989 - director, with Liu Hao Xue *''[[Momentum (IMAX film)|Momentum]]'' - documentary short 1992 - director, with [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] *''The Art of the Animator'' - documentary series 1993 - director, cinematographer *''Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores'' - documentary short, Louis Hone 1995 - cinematographer *''Making Momentum'' - documentary short 1996 - director, with [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] *''Louisbourg Under Siege'' - documentary, [[Albert Kish]] 1997 - cinematographer *''Postcards from Canada'' - documentary 2000 - director, cinematographer

==Awards== ''[[Cosmic Zoom]]'' (1968) *[[Berlin International Film Festival]] – UNIATEC Award of Excellence, 1972 ''[[The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar]]'' (1969) * [[21st Canadian Film Awards]], [[Toronto]]: Genie Award for Best Black and White Cinematography, 1969 ''[[Don't Knock the Ox]]'' (1970) *[[Canadian Film Awards]], [[Toronto]] – [[Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film]], 1971 *Film Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon, [[Sri Lanka]] – Certificate of Merit, 1971 ''Here is Canada'' (1972) *Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films, [[Brussels]] - Award of the Ministry of National Education, 1973 *Golden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival, San Francisco – Special Jury Award, 1973 ''[[Goodbye Sousa]]'' (1973) *[[Canadian Film Awards]], [[Montreal]] – [[Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film]], 1973 ''Cree Hunters of Mistassini'' (1974) *BAFTA ([[British Academy Film Awards]]), London – [[BAFTA Award for Best Documentary]] (Robert Flaherty Award), 1975 *[[Canadian Film Awards]], [[Niagara-on-the-Lake]], ON - Genie Award for Best Documentary, 1975 *[[Melbourne International Film Festival|Melbourne Film Festival]] – Silver Boomerang, Best film made specifically for TV, 1975 ''Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut'' (1974) *Biofest, [[Novi Sad]], [[Yugoslavia]] – Award of Excellence, 1975 ''Musicanada'' (1975) *Golden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival, San Francisco – Special Jury Award, 1976 ''[[Blackwood (1976 film)|Blackwood]]'' (1976) * Festival international du film sur l'art, [[Paris]]: Grand Prize for the Quality of the Image, 1977 * Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films, Brussels: Prize of the Principality of Monaco for the Best Film Evocating the Past of a Region by the Means of Art, 1977 * [[Yorkton Film Festival]], [[Yorkton]], Saskatchewan: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Short Film, 1977 * [[49th Academy Awards]], Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Documentary Short Subject, 1977 ''[[High Grass Circus]]'' (1976) *[[Yorkton Film Festival]], [[Yorkton]], [[Saskatchewan]] - Golden Sheaf Award for Best Film of the Festival, 1977 *[[Film Advisory Board]], Los Angeles - Award of Excellence, 1978 *[[50th Academy Awards]], [[Los Angeles]] – Nominee, Best Documentary Feature ''North China Commune'' (1980) *[[Columbus International Film & Animation Festival]], [[Columbus, Ohio]] - Chris Bronze Plaque, Social Studies, 1980 ''From Ashes to Forest'' (1984) *International Green Film Week, [[Berlin]] - Bronze Ear of Corn Award, Environment, 1986 ''[[Momentum (IMAX film)|Momentum]]'' (1992) *FIAFest: Festival Internacional Audiovisual, [[Seville]] - Award for the Technical Quality of the Image, 1992 ''The Art of the Animator'' (1993) *National Educational Media Network Competition, [[Oakland, California]] – Golden Apple Award, Arts, 1995

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0406349}} * [https://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/tony-ianzelo Watch films by Tony Ianzelo at NFB.ca]

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