Doodle Film

Directed by Donald Winkler · Starring Maurice Podbrey · 1971

A solemn narrator traces the life of chronic doodler David Watts, from a second-grade notebook to a man who covers every surface in sight.

A deadpan NFB mockumentary that treats doodling as a grave affliction, to delightful effect.

This short mockumentary explores the life of chronic doodler David Watts. Taking himself very seriously, the film’s narrator traces the history of Watts’ problem back to a second grade notebook cover and follows it throu

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