Ted Dykstra

Acting

Ted Dykstra

Born January 1, 1961 · Chatham, Ontario, Canada (age 65)

Ted Dykstra is a Canadian stage and screen writer, director, actor and musician. He's a graduate from the National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Known For

Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451 · 2018
Fahrenheit 451
5.52018
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
The Kissing PlaceThe Kissing Place · 1990
The Kissing Place
7.01990
MovieTV MovieDrama
Every night the boy dreams he is someone else. Someone in danger. A crazy woman is after him. A woman who cannot have a son of her own. A story about a kidnapped boy, who finds out that the people he thought were his parents are his kidnappers. The film is about his escape and search for his home.
Giant StepsGiant Steps · 1992
Giant Steps
8.01992
MovieDrama
A boy with an alcoholic father befriends a jazz musician.
Amber WavesAmber Waves · 1980
Amber Waves
8.51980
MovieTV MovieDrama
A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man.
Soft DeceitSoft Deceit · 1995
Soft Deceit
4.01995
MovieActionThriller
An attractive cop is assigned the task of tracing millions of dollars of stolen church funds. The thief, is locked up in prison, and the plan is to break him out, and follow him to the hidden money. When she falls for the convict, things get complicated. The ex-boyfriend cop is jealous and suspicious.
Heritage Minutes: BasketballHeritage Minutes: Basketball · 1992
Heritage Minutes: Basketball
1992
MovieDramaHistory
Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.
Bach's Fight for FreedomBach's Fight for Freedom · 1995
Bach's Fight for Freedom
5.71995
MovieDramaTV Movie
A young boy helps the rebellious Johann Sebastian Bach fight for his artistic freedom.
Daniel Visits a New NeighborhoodDaniel Visits a New Neighborhood · 2022
Daniel Visits a New Neighborhood
1.02022
MovieAnimation
Daniel takes his first train ride to visit Juan Carlos and his family, but when he arrives, he is disappointed to find that the gift he brought for Juan Carlos is broken.

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Heritage MinutesHeritage Minutes · 1991
Heritage Minutes
7.31991
SeriesDocumentary
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies and are now also sold on DVD. The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC Television and CTV Network. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation, Canada Post Power Broadcasting, and the National Film Board. They were devised, developed and largely narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, while the producer of the series was Robert Guy Scully. In 2009 Historica merged with The Dominion Institute to become The Historica-Dominion Institute. While the foundations have not paid networks to air Minutes, they have made them freely available, and in the early years paid to have them run in cinemas across the country. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Heritage Minutes are an "on-going dramatic series" thus each minute counts as ninety-seconds of a station's Canadian content requirements.

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