Facts: - language: english - period: 1960s-2010s - notableworks: '' : building the impossible railway '' , '' words to dieppe live by '' 1942 '' , '' the national dream - birth name: william frederick whitehead - birth date: 1931 - partner: timothy findley - name: william -lrb- bill -rrb- whitehead - nationality: canadian - occupation: radio and television documentary writer , memoirist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william whitehead -lrb- canadian writer -rrb- .
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william frederick -lrb- bill -rrb- whitehead -lrb- born 1931 -rrb- is a canadian writer , actor and filmmaker , best known as a writer of radio and television documentaries and as the former partner of the late canadian writer timothy findley .he studied biology and theatre arts at the university of saskatchewan , receiving a bachelor of arts degree in 1953 and a master of arts degree in 1955 .he moved to ontario in 1957 to become an actor and producer .he is an award-winning writer of radio and television documentaries , including many episodes of the cbc television series '' the nature of things '' and the cbc radio series '' ideas '' .he also co-wrote several works with findley , including the television documentaries '' dieppe 1942 '' and '' '' .whitehead currently lives in stratford , ontario .in march 2004 , approximately two years after findley 's death , whitehead donated a collection of findley 's theatre memorabilia to the university of guelph .in september 2012 , his memoir '' words to live by '' was published by cormorant books .the book was a shortlisted nominee for the stephen leacock award in 2013 .in 2014 he served on the jury of the dayne ogilvie prize for lgbt writers , selecting tamai kobayashi as that year 's winner .