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File No. 741017 · Adjudicated
Arthur Hiller
Director — Love Story, The Hospital, Silver Streak
Born
1923
Birthplace
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Alberta
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997 — the organization that runs the Oscars.
The verdict
Born in Edmonton, studied at U of T, then headed south to become one of Hollywood's most successful directors — helming Love Story, The In-Laws, and Silver Streak. Canada proudly claims him, even if most of his career unfolded in LA.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Alberta · Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁
References — en.wikipedia.org