Douglas Leiterman

Who was Douglas Leiterman?

Douglas Leiterman was a former Canadian television producer.

He was born in 1927 in South Porcupine, Ontario. During the early 1950s, he attended the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Arts degree, while also working as a Vancouver Province reporter. He had a brother, cinematographer Richard Leiterman, and a sister, Elaine Campbell, who was married to producer Norman Campbell. His sister Phyllis, a teacher and poet, was married to acclaimed film director Allan King. He had a sister Mary, a teacher and founder of a school, who was married to renowned Ibiza architect and artist Rolph Blakstad. He attended Harvard University in 1954 on a Nieman Fellowship. Leiterman had five children with his first wife, Mary. He toured Eastern Europe with Mary in 1955. In 1968 he divorced Mary and married Beryl Fox, who had worked for him at CBC, and had one daughter. Leiterman got his start in journalism in British Columbia, before becoming a correspondent on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for the Southam News Service.

His television credits include This Hour Has Seven Days which he co-produced with Patrick Watson from 1964 to 1966. It was the second most popular CBC program.