Making Movie History: Werner Nold

The NFB was a key factor in Werner Nold's decision to leave Switzerland for Canada. Intent on a film career, the young photographer found work with Gilles Carle as an editor (Dimanche d'Amérique, 1961). It was age of exploration, and Nold found himself on one of the most adventurous expeditions of all, alongside Brault and Perrault, on a shoot unlike any other. But Nold rose to the challenge, working with miles of footage and tape to give epic form to the seminal Pour la suite du monde (1963). He would have many more fruitful collaborations, with Carle, Jutra, Carrière, Godbout and others. As editor of Jeux de la XXIe Olympiade (Labrecque, 1977)--a shoot involving 32 different crews--Nold elevated the art of editing to Olympian heights! Having cut over 100 films--documentary, fiction and animation--he is a generous mentor to a new generation of editors.