Daryl Duke

Canadian film and television director (1929–2006)

Daryl Duke

Born	(1929-03-08)8 March 1929 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	21 October 2006(2006-10-21) (aged 77) West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1952–1992
Notable work	The Silent Partner
Television	This Hour Has Seven Days The Thorn Birds

Daryl Duke (8 March 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Canadian film and television director.

Biography

Duke was born at Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became one of CBC Television's earliest regional producers. His career continued with CBC in Toronto producing such series as This Hour Has Seven Days, then in the United States for major television networks and studios there.

In 1977, he won the Canadian Film Award for best Director for his surprise hit The Silent Partner.

His significant achievement in television was directing the Emmy Award winning miniseries The Thorn Birds. Duke was also among those responsible for the creation of CKVU-TV in Vancouver which is today part of the Citytv franchise. Noteworthy is that he produced and directed early Bob Dylan "song films," black and white vignettes that were the forerunners of today's music videos. He was inducted to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and Star Walk in 1997.^[1]

Duke died in West Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2006 due to pulmonary fibrosis.^[2]

Filmography

Cinema

1972: Payday
1978: The Silent Partner
1982: Hard Feelings
1986: Tai-Pan

Television

1964: This Hour Has Seven Days
1966: Wojeck (1 episode)
1969: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (3 episodes)
1970: Night Gallery (1 episode)
1970–71: The Psychiatrist (pilot, 1 episode)
- Children of the Lotus Eater AKA God Bless the Children
- Such Civil War in My Love and Hate
1972: Banacek (1 episode)
1972: Cool Million (episode)
1972: Ghost Story (2 episodes)
1973: I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973: The President's Plane Is Missing
1974: Harry O (2-part episodes)
1975: A Cry for Help
1975: They Only Come Out at Night
1976: Griffin and Phoenix
1979: The Return of Charlie Chan
1983: The Thorn Birds (miniseries)
1985: Florence Nightingale
1989: When We Were Young
1990-1991: Columbo
- Columbo Cries Wolf
- Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
1992: Fatal Memories

Awards and recognition

1971: winner, Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Drama, episode of The Bold Ones: The Senator
2004: winner, John Drainie Award^[3]

References

^ "Daryl Duke". Daryl Duke Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ Skelton, Chad (23 October 2006). "Daryl Duke, Vancouver's 'Mr. Television,' dies at 77 from pulmonary fibrosis". Vancouver Sun. p. B1.
^ Alex Strachan, "Champion of Canadian broadcasting honoured at Banff fest". Montreal Gazette, June 12, 2004.

External links

Daryl Duke official website
Northern Stars: Daryl Duke
"Daryl Duke 1929-2006". Playback. 30 October 2006.
Daryl Duke at IMDb
boppin.com
Records of Daryl Duke are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books

Films directed by Daryl Duke

Children of the Lotus Eater (1970)
Payday (1972)
I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973)
The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
A Cry for Help (1975)
Griffin and Phoenix (1976)
The Silent Partner (1978)
The Return of Charlie Chan (1979)
Hard Feelings (1982)
The Thorn Birds (1983)
Florence Nightingale (1985)
Tai-Pan (1986)
When We Were Young (1989)
Fatal Memories (1992)

Awards for Daryl Duke

v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Director
Canadian Film Awards 1966–1978	Ron Kelly (1966) Allan King and Ron Kelly (1967) Don Owen (1968) Peter Pearson (1969) Paul Almond (1970) Claude Jutra (1971) Gilles Carle (1972) David Acomba (1973) No Award (1974) Michel Brault (1975) Harvey Hart (1976) Jean Beaudin (1977) Daryl Duke (1978)
Genie Awards 1980–2011	Bob Clark (1980) Francis Mankiewicz (1981) Gilles Carle (1982) Phillip Borsos (1983) Bob Clark / David Cronenberg (1984) Micheline Lanctôt (1985) Sandy Wilson (1986) Denys Arcand (1987) Jean-Claude Lauzon (1988) David Cronenberg (1989) Denys Arcand (1990) Bruce Beresford (1991) David Cronenberg (1992) François Girard (1993) Atom Egoyan (1994) Robert Lepage (1995) David Cronenberg (1996) Atom Egoyan (1997) François Girard (1998) Jeremy Podeswa (1999) Denis Villeneuve (2000) Zacharias Kunuk (2001) David Cronenberg (2002) Denys Arcand (2003) Francis Leclerc (2004) Jean-Marc Vallée (2005) Charles Binamé (2006) Sarah Polley (2007) Benoît Pilon (2008) Denis Villeneuve (2009) Denis Villeneuve (2010) Philippe Falardeau (2011)
Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present	Kim Nguyen (2012) Denis Villeneuve (2013) Xavier Dolan (2014) Lenny Abrahamson (2015) Xavier Dolan (2016) Aisling Walsh (2017) Jasmin Mozaffari (2018) Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn (2019) Deepa Mehta (2020) Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson (2021) Clement Virgo (2022)

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
1950s	Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959)
1960s	Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960) George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961) Franklin J. Schaffner for The Defenders (1962) Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963) Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966) Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967) Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968) David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
1970s	Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970) Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" (1971) Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972) Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" (1973) Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974) Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975) David Greene for "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976) David Greene for "Part 1" (Roots) (1977) Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978) Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
1980s	Roger Young for "Cop" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981) Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984) Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985) Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987) Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988) Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
1990s	Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990) Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992) Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993) Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994) Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996) Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997) Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Lost Israel, Part 2" (1998) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
2000s	Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000) Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001) Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002) Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007) Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008) Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
2010s	Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011) Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012) David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013) Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016) Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017) Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018) Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)
2020s	Andrij Parekh for "Hunting" (2020) Jessica Hobbs for "War" (2021) Hwang Dong-hyuk for "Red Light, Green Light" (2022) Mark Mylod for "Connor's Wedding" (2023)

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