Awards & Winners

Bill Mason

Date of Birth 1929
Place of Birth Winnipeg
(Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg Capital Region, Area code 204, Area code 431, Area codes 204 and 431)
Nationality Canada
Also know as William Mason, William Clifford Mason, Mr. Canoe
Profession Film Director, Film Editor, Cinematographer, Screenwriter
Bill Mason was an award-winning Canadian naturalist, author, artist, filmmaker, and conservationist, noted primarily for his popular canoeing books, films, and art as well as his documentaries on wolves. Mason was also known for including passages from Christian sermons in his films. He was born in 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and graduated from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1951. He developed and refined canoeing strokes and river-running techniques, especially for complex whitewater situations. Mason canoed all of his adult life, ranging widely over the wilderness areas of Canada and the United States. Called "wilderness artist," in one book about him, Mason left a legacy that includes books, films and artwork on canoeing and wild nature. His son Paul Mason is also a canoeist and artist. Mason died of cancer in 1988.

Awards by Bill Mason

Check all the awards nominated and won by Bill Mason.

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Waterwalker

1978


BAFTA Award for Best Specialised Film
Honored for : Bill Mason's Path of the Paddle

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Specialised Film Bill Mason's Path of the Paddle

1972


Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Death of a Legend

1971


BAFTA Award for Best Specialised Film
Honored for : The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film Blake
BAFTA Award for Best Specialised Film The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes