death_place death_date nationality name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name occupation
toronto , ontario 6 september 1990 canadian sterling campbell 1896/97 ? '' bush pilot '' sterling campbell -lrb- director -rrb-
 sterling carl campbell film director
sterling campbell -lrb- director -rrb-

sterling carl campbell -lrb- 1896/97 - september 6 , 1990 -rrb- was a canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film `` bush pilot '' , one of the first narrative feature films ever produced by a canadian film production company .
campbell served in the royal canadian army during world war i .
he later worked in hollywood , california as a technical and action assistant director , including the films `` wings '' , `` dawn patrol '' , `` hell 's angels '' , `` air circus '' , `` legion of the condemned '' , `` forced landing '' and `` ceiling zero '' , and as an assistant to cecil b. demille and howard hawks .
he also had minor acting roles in the films `` forced landing '' , `` hands across the table '' , `` professional soldier '' and `` love is news '' .
he subsequently returned to canada , where he served in the royal canadian air force during world war ii .
he married margaret campbell , later a toronto city councillor and member of provincial parliament , in 1941 .
with geoffrey wood , larry cromien and austin willis , campbell launched dominion productions in 1946 .
`` bush pilot '' was the company 's first film .
due to poorer than expected revenues , however , the company never released another film under their management , and was subsequently acquired by arthur gotlieb .
campbell ran for a toronto city council seat in the 1956 municipal election , but fell while campaigning , exacerbating an old war injury and remaining bedridden for several months ; despite having effectively dropped his campaign , he finished third behind the winners , william dennison and may birchard , and ahead of incumbent councillor edgar roxborough .
in the subsequent 1958 municipal election , margaret campbell ran for council instead , winning the seat and beginning her own long career in politics .
his son sterling campbell , jr. was a city councillor and member of provincial parliament in sudbury in the 1970s and 1980s .
he died on september 6 , 1990 in toronto .
