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John Trent (1935-1983)

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Birthplace:
London, United Kingdom

Born:
January 1, 1935

Died:
June 3, 1983

Biography from TheMovieDB

John Trent (1935, London - June 3, 1983, Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada) was a British-born Canadian film director. He directed such films as Homer, Middle Age Crazy, and It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.  Before working in feature films, Trent worked in Canadian television in the 1960s, directing episodes of such popular CBC series as Quentin Durgens, M.P. and Wojeck, based on the career of the controversial Dr. Morton Shulman, then Toronto’s chief coroner. In addition to producing his own films, his company Quadrant Films also produced such fare as Bob Clark's vampire horror film Deathdream.  Trent died in a road accident while returning from delivering his son, who was the Ontario Under 16 show-jumping champion, to an event. He was killed by a police car which came around a bend on the wrong side, and hit his compact Cadillac head-on.

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Film Production

Director:
1969  The Bushbaby
1970  Homer
1970  The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
1974  Sunday in the Country
1975  It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1976  Find the Lady
1979  Crossbar
1980  Middle Age Crazy
1981  Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
1984  Best Revenge

Producer:
1969  The Bushbaby
1970  Homer
1970  The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
1974  Blue Blood
1974  Dead of Night
1974  Sunday in the Country
1975  It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1976  Find the Lady
1979  Crossbar
1980  Middle Age Crazy
1981  Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
1984  Best Revenge

Screenplay:
1969  The Bushbaby
1970  Homer
1970  The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
1974  Blue Blood
1974  Dead of Night
1974  Sunday in the Country
1975  It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1976  Find the Lady
1979  Crossbar
1980  Middle Age Crazy
1981  Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
1984  Best Revenge

Writer:
1969  The Bushbaby
1970  Homer
1970  The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
1974  Blue Blood
1974  Dead of Night
1974  Sunday in the Country
1975  It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1976  Find the Lady
1979  Crossbar
1980  Middle Age Crazy
1981  Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
1984  Best Revenge

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TV Production

Director:
1977  For The Record
1980  The Phoenix Team

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