Werner Aellen in 1969. Vancouver Art in the Sixties, The Michael de Courcy Archive.
University of British Columbia (Communications Division)
Male
Filmmaker, Producer
"Werner Aellen relocated to Canada from Switzerland and was a practicing architect for eight years in Montreal and Vancouver before his interest shifted to the cinema. He joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1963, where he worked as writer, director, editor, and producer. Aellen was asked by the Canada Council for the Arts to act as Executive Director of the Intermedia Society, a position he held from 1968 to 1970. In addition to making films, Aellen has served on the boards of the Canadian Film Development Corporation (now Telefilm) and the Vancouver Art Gallery, and co-founded the Pacific Cinémathèque. Aellen lives and works in Vancouver" Vancouver Art in the Sixties.
People / Werner Aellen. Ruins in the Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties.
Amateur Cinema