He and fellow NFB director Donald Brittain co-directed the 1965 documentary portrait of Leonard Cohen , '' Ladies and Gentlemen ... Mr. Leonard Cohen '' . The same year , he also completed '' High Steel '' , a fifteen-minute colour documentary about the Canadian Caughnawaga First Nations peoples who worked on Manhattan skyscraper projects . On July 31 , 1965 in an interview with Dusty Vineberg of the '' Montreal Star '' , Owen attributed the success of '' High Steel '' to the fact that he wrote , directed , and edited it himself , calling this " a welding of three aspects of filmmaking that many young filmmakers increasingly insist is vital to integrity . " For his film on the Canadian Olympic runner Bruce Kidd he persuaded poet W. H. Auden to write and voice the narration . In 1966 he directed the acclaimed '' Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail '' and the following year he directed '' The Ernie Game '' , which was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival . In later years , he directed a documentary titled '' Cowboy and Indian '' ( 1972 ) , '' Partners '' ( 1976 ) and '' Turnabout '' ( 1988 ) , along with an episode of the series '' Danger Bay '' ( 1988 )
18th Berlin International Film Festival
18th Berlin International Film Festival
Don Owen (filmmaker)