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Adam Symansky is known for The Devil at Your Heels (1981), Flamenco at 5:15 (1983) and Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999).
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May 1, 2000 · When producer Adam Symansky joined the ranks at the National Film Board of Canada in 1977, he was amazed by what he saw. ‘It was like arriving in Valhalla,’ says the veteran NFB staffer, adding,...
“This was a long time ago,” Adam Symansky says when I ask him about The Devil at Your Heels. Symansky is still a producer at the National Film Board of Canada. Even though he is mired in postproduction for a film, he takes the time to call from Montreal to talk about the Super Jump, sometimes speaking at a frenetic pace.
Dec 20, 2023 · The Documentary Organization of Canadian from 1983 to 2023: A Brief History. From the CIFC days to present. As part of our special issue devoted to the 40th anniversary of our founding body, the Documentary Organization of Canada, we look back at 40 years of advocacy and documentary history.
Adam Symansky is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, and Associate Producer. Some of their work includes Incident at Restigouche, Edge of Ice, Life on Ice, Referendum: Take 2, Professor Norman Cornett: 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?', Children First!, and Asylum.
“Tracey represents the next wave of native filmmaking,” says Adam Symansky, NFB producer of Mohawk Girl and Club Native. “It isn’t based on the past so much as on native communities taking responsibility and control of their future. That is the challenge she is putting out in her films.”
NFB producer Adam Symansky was both a friend of Donald Brittain's and served as producer on several of his films. Having worked with him towards the end of his career, he has a lot of interesting stories to tell.
