Paul Cowan (filmmaker)

Paul Cowan is a Canadian filmmaker who spent the bulk of his career with the National Film Board of Canada.He was the director of the controversial docudrama The Kid Who Couldn't Miss[1] and cinematographer on the Oscar-winning Flamenco at 5:15.He retired from the NFB in 2009, after directing a film adaptation of Margaret MacMillan's Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War.[3] It concerns the 1956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 plane crash into Slesse Mountain in B.C.[4] A resident of Westmount, Quebec, Cowan is married to CBC radio personality Katie Malloch.
CanadianNational Film Board of CanadaAcademy Award for Documentary FeatureGoing the Distance1978 Commonwealth GamesThe Kid Who Couldn't MissGenie AwardWestray MineThe PeacekeepersMargaret MacMillan100th Grey CupTrans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810Slesse MountainThe Wanted 18Amer ShomaliBeit SahourFirst Intifada2014 Toronto International Film FestivalWestmount, QuebecKatie MallochTake OneWyndham WiseAnimation World Network