Lonely Boy (film)

Lonely Boy
VHS cover
Directed byWolf Koenig
Roman Kroitor
Produced byRoman Kroitor
Tom Daly (exec.)
StarringPaul Anka
Narrated byStrowan Robertson
Jacques Giraldeau (French)
Edited byJohn Spotton
Guy L. Coté
Kathleen Shannon (sound)
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
Running time
27 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Lonely Boy is a 1962 Canadian cinéma vérité documentary about the former teen singer Paul Anka. The film takes its name from Anka's hit song, "Lonely Boy", which he performs to screaming fans in the film. This short documentary makes use of hand-held cameras to record intimate backstage moments. It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Roman Kroitor and Wolf Koenig.