International Children's Film Festival, La Plata, Argentina: First Prize, Special Films, 1967 A Matter of Fat 22nd Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Best Film Over 30 Minutes, 1970 Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta: Gold Medal, 1971 Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta: Special Jury Award, 1971 American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1971 Jack of Hearts (1985) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago: Second Prize - Live-Action Film Under 30 Minutes, 1986 National Educational Media Network Competition, Oakland, California: Honorable Mention, Literary Adaptations, Elementary, 1986 Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky (1985) American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Literary Adaptations, 1986 Red Shoes (1985) Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Bronze Plaque - Arts and Culture, 1986. Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago: Honorable Mention, Live-Action Film Under 30 Minutes, 1986 Bibliography Why Rock the Boat?: A Novel (1961) The Underdogs (1979) City Unique: Montreal Days and Nights in the 1940s and '50s (1996) The Underdogs: A Play (1998) Getting Started: A Memoir of the 1950s (2001) Crazy About Lili (2005) References External links William Weintraub profile at the Writers' Union of Canada Making Movie History: William Weintraub Interview 1926 births 2017 deaths Canadian male journalists Canadian male novelists Officers of the Order of Canada McGill University alumni Writers from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people National Film Board of Canada people Canadian documentary filmmakers Montreal Gazette people Film directors from Montreal Canadian film producers Canadian male screenwriters Jewish Canadian journalists Jewish Canadian filmmakers 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian screenwriters