William Weintraub

William Weintraub, OC (born 1926) is a Canadian journalist, author, filmmaker and lecturer, best known for his long association with Canada's National Film Board (NFB).

Born and educated in Montreal, Weintraub graduated from McGill University where he had worked on the McGill Daily. He began his career as a reporter at The Montreal Gazette in the 1950s, later moving to Weekend magazine. His adventures in journalism provided the basis for Weintraub's 1961 novel Why Rock the Boat? and his 2001 memoir Getting Started. Among Weintraub's contemporaries and friends were authors Mordecai Richler, Mavis Gallant, Norman Levine and Brian Moore.

Weintraub's satirical 1979 novel The Underdogs provoked controversy by imagining a future socialist republic of Quebec, an economic basket case in which English-speakers were an oppressed minority, complete with a violent resistance movement. One planned stage version was canceled before its premiere.