Question: Elton John dedicated his 25th album to a Canadian filmmaker born in which year?

Context articles: Elton John (album)
David Furnish
Ray Cooper
Made in England (Elton John album)
Sleeping with the Past
Martin Lavut
Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3
Club at the End of the Street
Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II
David Ridgen

Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 10 April 1970 by DJM Records.
 It was released by Uni Records as John's debut album in the United States; many people there assumed it was his first album, as "Empty Sky" was not released in that country until 1975.
 "Elton John" includes his breakthrough single "Your Song", and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music.
 In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
 In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
David James Furnish (born 25 October 1962) is a Canadian filmmaker, former advertising executive, and now a film director and producer most known for his documentary "".
 He is married to Elton John.
Raymond Thomas "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English virtuoso percussionist.
 He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Rick Wakeman, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd and Elton John.
 Cooper absorbed the influence of rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham.
 Incorporation of unusual instruments (for rock drummers of the time) such as cowbells, glockenspiel, and tubular bells, along with several standard kit elements, helped create a highly varied setup.
 Continually modified to this day, Cooper's percussion set offers an enormous array of percussion instruments for sonic diversity such as the tambourine, congas, crash cymbals, cowbells, roto toms, tubular bells, the gong, snare and timpani.
 For two decades Cooper honed his technique; In the 1990s, he reinvented his style.
 He is known for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos he performed during the years 1990–1991 for Eric Clapton and for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos during all the 1994 Face to Face Tours with Billy Joel, and Elton John, and the tours with the Elton John band during the years of 1994–1995.
Made in England is the twenty-fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, released in 1995 and produced by him and Greg Penny, the first time since "Leather Jackets" without Chris Thomas.
 It was dedicated to John's boyfriend and future civil partner David Furnish.
 It was also dedicated to the memory of Denis Gauthier and Peter Williams.
 It was the last album to feature regular percussionist Ray Cooper until 2016's "Wonderful Crazy Night".
 Bob Birch became John's full-time recording and touring bass player and continued that role until his death in 2012.
Sleeping with the Past is the 22nd studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 29 August 1989.
 It is his best-selling album in Denmark (where it was recorded) and is dedicated to his longtime writing partner Bernie Taupin.
 The album features his first solo number-one single, "Sacrifice", in his home country of the UK, which helped the album also hit number one there, his first since 1974's "Elton John's Greatest Hits".
 John and Taupin meant for the songs to reflect the style of 1960s R&B icons such as Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, whom they admired.
 It also became his first platinum album in the UK since 1983.
 In the US it was certified gold in October 1989 and platinum in April 1990 by the RIAA.
 Guy Babylon made his debut on this album and would continue to play keyboards with John for the next 20 years, while Fred Mandel left the band shortly after.
 John went into rehabilitation in 1990.
Martin Lavut (December 18, 1934 – January 26, 2016) was a Canadian filmmaker born in Montreal, Quebec.
 He wrote and directed numerous theatrical and television dramas, and documentary films.
 Among his dramas are the films "War Brides", "Charlie Grant’s War" and "The Marriage Bed".
 His documentaries include "Without a Hobby It’s No Life", "Orillia", and "After Darwin".
 In 2006, he directed "Remembering Arthur", a biography of filmmaker Arthur Lipsett.
Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume III is the twenty-seventh album release for Elton John.
 Released in 1987, 10 years after "Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II", the compilation album features his greatest hits from 1979–1986 and was made available only in the United States and Canada.
 All of the songs featured had previously been released on a previous album.
"Club at the End of the Street" is an up-beat song performed by Elton John and written by Bernie Taupin.
 From the album "Sleeping with the Past", the song describes a night on the town between two lovers at a disclosed nightclub.
 John also describes the music of Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye being played.
 An interesting note is the video for the song was animated, due to Elton's involvement with the family of AIDS victim Ryan White.
 The record company demanded a video, but Elton was dedicated to spending time with Ryan.
 The single was a top 30 hit in the US in the summer of 1990.
 In Denmark, where the album was recorded, it hit #1 for two weeks and is still seen as one of Elton's biggest hits in that country.
Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II, a compilation album released in 1977, is the sixteenth official album release for Elton John.
 The original 1977 US version features one song from 1971 and two songs from 1974 that were not on the first greatest hits album.
 It also features several hit songs from 1975 and two hit singles from Elton's last year of performing in 1976.
David Ridgen is an award-winning independent Canadian filmmaker born in Stratford, Ontario.
 He has worked for CBC Television, MSNBC, NPR, TVOntario and others.
 He is currently the writer, producer and host of CBC Radio’s new true-crime podcast series, Someone Knows Something.