Julian Roffman

Production

Julian Roffman

Born — Died

1915-12-13 — 2000-11-07

Place of birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known for

Production

Credits

23 titles

Julian Roffman was a cross-border director who made most of his films in the United States. He was responsible for two notable low-budget horror films: The Bloody Brood and The Mask, the first feature to use 3-D in Canada. He studied film in New York and in 1940 joined the NFB where he became responsible for the Armed Service Production program. In the late 1950s, he joined forces with distributor Nat Taylor to form Taylor-Roffman Productions and produce the two features.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Glove poster
5.1

A bounty hunter is assigned to bring back an enormous, angry ex-convict who wears a deadly glove made of leather and steel.

The Glove

1979

The Glove poster
5.1

A bounty hunter is assigned to bring back an enormous, angry ex-convict who wears a deadly glove made of leather and steel.

The Glove

1979

The Bloody Brood poster
4.9

Nico, a drug dealer, murders a telegram messenger-boy "for kicks", egged on by partner-in-crime, TV director Francis. Cliff, the boy's older brother, investigates his death due to the slow progress made by the police.

The Bloody Brood

1959

The Bloody Brood poster
4.9

Nico, a drug dealer, murders a telegram messenger-boy "for kicks", egged on by partner-in-crime, TV director Francis. Cliff, the boy's older brother, investigates his death due to the slow progress made by the police.

The Bloody Brood

1959

The Mask poster
6.3

A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.

The Mask

1961

The Mask poster
6.3

A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.

The Mask

1961

The Pyx poster
5.5

A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.

The Pyx

1973

Shades of Love: Lilac Dream poster
6.5

The story of a young woman alone on an island and a young man washed ashore from a shipwreck. She nurses him back to health, falling in love with him along the way.

Shades of Love: Lilac Dream

1987

Explosion poster
7.0

During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as smoothly as they planned, and before long they're being chased by the police, accused of murdering several police officers.

Explosion

1969

Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe poster
10.0

Courtney is head chef in a prestigious restaurant. She has a dream that is on the verge of realization: with the help of her fiance, Mike, she will soon open her own restaurant, the Rose Café. The work is going well and the wedding day is approaching when an old classmate, Josh, rekindles a spark of love she doesn't feel for her future husband. Courtney realizes she must face this painful emotional dilemma before she can bring her professional ambitions to fruition. She solves it with determination.

Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe

1987

Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet poster
7.0

Elizabeth is a historian who believes that she is on to the find of her career, but has difficulty getting access to the document that will prove her theory. In desperation, she and a friend decide to break into the owner's house. She successfully gets in but is unexpectedly caught by the owner. She and the friend have to make up a story to get them out of trouble which eventually leads to string of events that lands Elizabeth in even more hot water.

Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet

1987

Shades of Love: Make Mine Chartreuse poster
8.0

Can true love survive two workaholics? For high-powered, successful executive Rosemary Michaels, her work commands her life - until romance novelist Steve Grady, with his subtle charm and quirk humor, writes his way into her heart.

Shades of Love: Make Mine Chartreuse

1987

Shades of Love: Champagne for Two poster
8.0

Two career-oriented people meet and fall in love at their apartment house in New York. When the job requires one of them to move to another city, they are faced with the dilemma of choosing between their career and their relationship.

Shades of Love: Champagne for Two

1987

Shades of Love: The Garnet Princess poster
9.0

A young woman discovers she is a long lost princess and heir to a throne in her home country.

Shades of Love: The Garnet Princess

1987

Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues poster
9.0

A young ballerina opens a school after a leg injury ends her stage career. A blues musician in the same building distracts and annoys her with his constant playing.

Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues

1987

And So They Live poster
NR

A stark documentary film about the economic and educational crises the mountain people of rural Appalachia faced at the tail end of the Dust Bowl period.

And So They Live

1940

And So They Live poster
NR

A stark documentary film about the economic and educational crises the mountain people of rural Appalachia faced at the tail end of the Dust Bowl period.

And So They Live

1940

Shades of Love: Echoes in Crimson poster
7.5

Anne, an art historian, takes a job in a prestigious big-city gallery. Soon Grant, a former lover, turns up and tries to win her back. But Anne still harbors a strong distrust of him and decides to devote herself totally to her work. At the gallery, she manages to uncover the mystery behind a murder and a smuggling plot by her boss. Grant appears in the nick of time to save her from harm's way. He also becomes her latest find and a celebrated new artist. At a showing of his work at the gallery, Grant surprises Anne with his latest work...a neon sculpture of Grouch Marx saying "I Love You". Anne gets the love she lost so many years ago and a new career as gallery manager.

Shades of Love: Echoes in Crimson

1987

Sarumba poster
8.0

Sailor meets singer in Cuba. He's due to ship out, but hits it off with her, so he sticks around. Trouble brewing on many fronts - singer's best friend doesn't like the sailor, and singer has another suitor anyway. Rich guy takes her to all the fancy Cuban sports events - jai-alai, horse racing. Much more glamorous than spending time with Sailor. Can he win her over before he gets in trouble for letting his ship sail without him?

Sarumba

1950

No artwork available
9.0

During the Second World War, the Canadian Army presents a Hollywood-style short musical film encouraging women to enlist.

Proudest Girl in the World

1944

No artwork available
NR

THe life and work of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelty are vividly recalled in this Pictorial Films production through a moving photographic study of his home. All the things and places pertinent to FDR at Hyde Park, New York are shown in the film , handsomely and reverently directed and photographed by Jullian Roffman. Accompanying the pictorial record is a commentary by Norman Rose and some excellent music composed and conducted by Irving Landau.

FDR Hyde Park

1952

No artwork available
9.0

Produced by the North Carolina Board of Health and sponsored by the New York-based Mental Health Film Board, this film focuses on "the trials of adolescence," in particular the experiences of a girl named Susan who feels misunderstood by her parents and others. She chafes against their rules, and is also deeply disappointed when she doesn't get the part in the school play that she was expecting. She feels lonely and unimportant. A sympathetic adult from school helps her talk through her concerns, encouraging Susan to try to understand her parents' need to protect her. This adult also speaks with Susan's mother, and encourages tolerance of adolescent ups and downs, the importance of listening to one's child, and flexibility in household rules.

Farewell to Childhood

1951

No artwork available
4.1

Documentary commissioned by Columbia University on the social role of libraries and controversial books.

Freedom to Read

1954