married photographer Joan Harwood Elkins. Almond maintained a home in Malibu, California, in addition to the Almond hereditary family farm in Shigawake, Quebec. Almond died on April 9, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California, of cardiac problems from which he had suffered for several years. Filmography Macbeth (1961) October Beach (1964) Seven Up! (1964) Isabel (1968), (Isabel was a box office success and won four Etrogs at the 1968 Canadian Film Awards, and Almond was nominated as best director of the year by the Directors Guild of America.) The Act of the Heart (1970), (Canadian Film Award for Best Director. The Act of the Heart won five Canadian Film Awards in 1970.) Journey (1972) Every Person Is Guilty (1979) Final Assignment (1980) Ups and Downs (1983) Captive Hearts (1987) The Dance Goes On / Le Temps retrouvé (1992) Bibliography Novels La Vengeance des Dieux (Art Global Publishers, 1999) The Alford Saga: The Deserter (McArthur & Co, 2010) The Survivor (McArthur & Co, 2011) The Pioneer (McArthur & Co, 2012) The Pilgrim (McArthur & Co, 2012) Le Déserteur (Quebec-Amerique, 2013) The Chaplain (Sulby Hall Publishers, 2013) Le Défricheur (Quebec-Amerique, 2013) The Gunner (Red Deer Press, 2014) Les Bâtisseurs (Quebec-Amerique, 2014) The Hero (Red Deer Press, 2014) The Inheritor (Red Deer Press, 2015) Biography High Hopes: Coming of Age in the mid-Century (ECW Press, 1999)(with Michael Ballantyne) The Inheritor (Red Deer Press, 2015. Released in April 2015 by Red Deer Press as the eighth and final novel in the Alford Saga, The Inheritor is a stand-alone autobiographical roman à clef about the remarkable life, loves, agonies and achievements of one of Canada's most distinguished film and television producer-directors) References External links Official site Paul Almond fonds (R4394) at Library and Archives Canada See also List of Bishop's College School alumni 1931 births 2015 deaths Canadian male novelists Officers of the Order of Canada Bishop's College School alumni Writers from Montreal Film directors from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian novelists in French Best Director Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian male writers