
Bill Zuk, author, filmmaker, historian, photographer and artist, is the author of several children’s and adult books, including, True-life Adventures of Canada’s Bush Pilots, 2009; Janusz Zurakowski: A Legend in the Skies, 2007 (Canadian edition, 2004; Polish Edition, 2010); The Avro Arrow Story, 2006; and Avrocar: Canada’s Flying Saucer, 2001. Bill has also written extensively for aviation magazines worldwide, and served as editor of the trade journal Manitoba Aviation (formerly Western Canada Aviation & Aerospace), published bi-annually. As a documentary screenwriter, director and consultant, Bill has worked on 17 films to date, including As Close as Brothers, 2010, Bearing his Soul: Gerry ‘The Big Bear’ Barrett, CTV, 2003; Zero Over the Prairies, CTV/PBS, 2003; and Avrocar: Flying Saucer Secrets of the Past, Discovery Canada, 2002, based on his first book.


