Donald Everett Shebib 27 January 1938 5 November 2023 was a Canadian film and television director Shebib was a central figure in the development of English Canadian cinema who made several short documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Television in the 1960s before turning to feature films beginning with the influential Goin Down the Road 1970 and what many call his masterpiece Between Friends 1973 He soon became frustrated by the bureaucratic process of film funding in Canada and chronic problems with distribution as well as a string of box office disappointments After Heartaches 1981 he made fewer films for theatrical release and worked more in television Don Shebib was Noah 40 Shebibs father From Wikipedia