Gerald Arthur Pratley (September 3, 1923 – March 14, 2011) was a Canadian film critic and historian.
[2] Born in London, England, Pratley emigrated to Canada in 1946 and joined the CBC two years later.
[1] He was also the author of several books about Canadian film, including Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film and A Century of Canadian Cinema: Gerald Pratley's Feature Film Guide,[4] as well as studies of the work of John Frankenheimer, Otto Preminger, David Lean and John Huston.
[3] After the Ontario Film Institute was acquired by TIFF, leadership of the program was taken over by James Quandt, and Pratley then taught film history courses at Ryerson University for a number of years.
[6] At the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, he was also the recipient of a special lifetime achievement award to honour his work as a promoter of Canadian film,[7] and in 1998 he was the recipient of the Toronto Film Critics Association's Clyde Gilmour Award for distinguished contributions to Canadian film criticism.