J.V. Durden

British filmmaker, photographer, biologist (1910-1997)

J. V. Durden was a British filmmaker and biologist. He is the person who created the term 'Ciné-biology', or 'the study of life through the medium of the cinema'. He described himself as a 'ciné-biologist', or 'scientist-filmmaker', and spent his life making highly detailed, technically intricate, lab-created films, where photography took place under a microscope. He brought the art of cinemicrography to Canada and became the co-founder of the Science Film Section at the National Film Board of Canada.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 20 films (1937–1962) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1962 INTRODUCING INSECTS National Film Board of Canada 17 min 16mm Color & B&W Sound
1960 Introducing Insects 16mm sound
1960 Introducing insects
1958 Animals of the rocky shore J.V. Durden
1953 Embryonic development: the chick J.V. Durden
1953 Heredity in animals J.V. Durden
1952 Making of the soil J.V. Durden
1951 Apple aphis J.V. Durden
1951 Cabbage root fly J.V. Durden
1951 Plants, pests and diseases: flea beetles - halticinae J.V. Durden
1951 The Codling moth J.V. Durden
1950 Brown rot J.V. Durden
1950 Plant pests and diseases: raspberry beetle J.V. Durden
1950 Winter moths J.V. Durden
1949 The Life story of a fern Gaumont-British Instructional Films 2 reels 16mm Sound
1947 Development of the Chick Gaumont-British Instructional Films 16mm
1947 Development of the Chick J.V. Durden
1939 Arachnida J.V. Durden
1938 Development of the trout J.V. Durden
1937 The Sea urchin. Part 2 J.V. Durden