David Ivor Munro was an English documentary film-maker.
His parents were Hugh Munro, an actor and television director and Pamela Barnard, also an an actor. Following a varied series of jobs after leaving school, Munro was an actor for a time appearing in such series as
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(1966-67) and
Tightrope (1972).
A connection with the actor
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via Tempest Films, an independent production company, led to Munro being introduced to the Australian-born journalist
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. The two men first worked together on
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network in 1978. In total Munro and Pilger collaborated on 20 television programmes for which Munro gained several awards and commendations.
Munro was married three times, to the actresses
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and
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(their son Truan, is also a film-maker), and to Layhing Siu, to whom he remained married for the remainder of his life. Natalia, Munro's daughter with Layhing, was born eighteen months before his death from cancer.