Biography

Grant Munro was born on April 25, 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Canon (1964), The Animal Movie (1966) and Toys (1967). He died on December 9, 2017 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

He graduated from the Ontario College of Art where his teacher Franklin Carmichael, one of the Group of Seven painters, helped him get a job at the National Film Board (Canada). He specialized in animation using paper cut-outs.

We were developing what we thought were new techniques. It was so exciting that you could hardly leave the filmmaking area, you just wanted to stay there...There was always a sharing and enthusiasm. It was a great, great time.