James Forrester

James Forrester

James Forrester was a systems administrator at OCADU in Toronto for 25 years, before returning to graduate school from 2014 to 2016 in the Public Texts program, of Trent University’s English Department. He previously graduated in History from the University of Ottawa, Film Studies at Queen’s University and Library Information Science from Western University. He also worked for Film Canada, the CFI, Canadian Review, CLA, Carleton University, the Non-Theatrical Film Fund (DSS), EMPDA, and NLC. Forrester received two Canada Council grants, which led to this research being incorporated into two books and a documentary video about pioneer film producer F. R. “Budge” Crawley of Ottawa.

23 August 2022

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Life through a Lens: Memoirs of a Cinematographer. (book review)

TAKE ONE, May 2002, by James Forrester​ Memoir by Osmond Borradaile. Edited by Anita Borradaile Hadley McGill-Queens University Press, 2001 $49.95​ “Life through a Lens: Memoirs of a Cinematographer (book review)” by James Forrester was originally published in Take One, May 2002. Reprinted with permission of the author.…
November 5, 2026
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Crawley College

by James A. Forrester F. R. “Budge” Crawley (1911-1987) was a notable Canadian pioneer film producer who co-founded Crawley Films in Ottawa with his wife Judith (Sparks) Crawley (1914 -1986),…
February 20, 2025
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The Loon’s Necklace summary by James Forrester

Entry for Masterworks 2001 by James Forrester for AV Preservation Trust of Canada web site (now defunct). Reposted here with permission of the author, and the current rights holder for the AV Preservation Trust of Canada: Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (Academy.ca). The…
September 24, 2022

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