Allan Winton King, OC (February 6, 1930 – June 15, 2009),[1] was a Canadian film director.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, during the Great Depression, King attended Henry Hudson Elementary School, in Kitsilano.

He said that he wanted to "serve the action as unobtrusively as possible" by becoming very familiar with both the environment and the people he filmed by paying particular attention to movement patterns, routines, and light quality.

Warrendale used an experimental "holding" technique of safely restraining children who lost control because of fear, rage, or grief.

The film was not an exposé of holding and neither chastised nor applauded the school's approach, but it was instead an absorbing, empathetic glimpse of children in distress.

"[citation needed] The film was issued by the Criterion Collection in a set titled Eclipse series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King.

During more than 50 years of filmmaking, King worked in every film genre except animation, creating an enormous and diverse portfolio.