John Zaritsky(1943-2022)

Director
Writer
Producer

John Zaritsky is a director and writer, known for The Suicide Tourist (2007), Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo (1994), The Wild Horse Redemption (2007), Just Another Missing Kid (1981). John Zaritsky is an Academy Award winning filmmaker with a reputation for taking on the most impossible of topics and characters and turning them into compelling and entertaining stories. John has won more than 40 awards for his documentary films.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 7 nominations total

Known for

Do You Really Want to Know?

8.5

Director

2012

Rapists: Can They Be Stopped

Director

1986

Frontline

8.6

TV Series

Director

Leave Them Laughing

8.0

Director

2010

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Director

No Limits: The Thalidomide Saga
8.4
- Director
- 2016
Different Drummer: Celebrating Eccentrics
- Director
- 2014
Do You Really Want to Know?
8.5
- Director
- 2012
Leave Them Laughing
8.0
- Director
- 2010
Frontline
8.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1987–2007
The Wild Horse Redemption
7.5
- directed by
- 2007
College Days, College Nights
7.1
- Director
- 2004
Men Don't Cry: Prostate Cancer Stories
TV Movie
- Director
- 2003
Ski Bums
7.9
- Director
- 2002
Everyman
6.8
TV Series
- Director
- 1991
Broken Promises
TV Movie
- Director
- 1989
Rapists: Can They Be Stopped
- Director
- 1986
Tears Are Not Enough
8.3
- Director
- 1985
The Fifth Estate
7.7
TV Series
- Director
- 1978–1981

Writer

Producer

Personal details

Born
- July 13, 1943
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Died
- March 30, 2022
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(heart failure)
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He majored in English and history at the University of Toronto. His first job out of college was police reporter for the Hamilton Spectator. He also worked for the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, before starting his film-making career in CBC television.