May Watkis Canadian Film/TV Producer
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Details
| Birthday |
22nd August, 1879
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| Birthplace |
Victoria, British Columbia
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| Died |
6th December, 1940
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Nationality |
Canadian
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| Occupation Text |
government film agency director, producer, projectionist
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| Occupation |
Film/TV Producer
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| Year(s) Active |
1913-1921, 1913-1940
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May Gowen Watkis (née Hilda May Gowen; 1879-1940) served as a projectionist, clerk, and tax inspector at various agencies of the British Columbia government during the years 1913-40. In 1920-21, she was briefly employed as a clerk in the Vancouver office of the British Columbia Patriotic and Educational Picture Service (PEPS), under the service's director, Dr. Albert Richard Baker. In May 1921, she was the subject of an article written by Edith Cuppage for Maclean's Magazine. Cuppage described Watkis as the head or "directress" of the Picture Service. This erroneous information about May Watkis has been repeated in a number of books and articles on Canadian film history, which describe her as the director of the Patriotic and Educational Picture Service and the producer of its films.
