About
Beverly Shaffer (1945-) is a filmmaker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shaffer spent the bulk of her professional career with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), directing short documentaries and dramas. Her documentary I'll Find a Way, about a young girl with spina bifida, won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Filmography
Mr. Mergler's Gift2005 · Director
To My Birthmother...2002 · Director
Just a Wedding1999 · Director
Children of Jerusalem: Gesho1996 · Director
Children of Jerusalem: Ibrahim1996 · Director
Children of Jerusalem: Yehudah1994 · Director
Children of Jerusalem: Asya1992 · Director
Children of Jerusalem: Neveen1992 · Director
Children of Jerusalem: Yacoub1992 · Director
Children of Jerusalem: Tamar1991 · Director
To a Safer Place1987 · Director, Producer
I Want to Be an Engineer1983 · Director, Writer
It's Just Better1982 · Director
Julie O'Brien1981 · Director
Gurdeep Singh Bains1977 · Director
I'll Find a Way1977 · Director
Beautiful Lennard Island1977 · Director
Kevin Alec1977 · Director
My Friends Call Me Tony1975 · Director
My Name Is Susan Yee1975 · Director