Michael Snow | |
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 Snow in 2007 | |
| Born | Michael James Aleck Snow December 10, 1928 |
| Died | January 5, 2023 (aged 94) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | Ontario College of Art |
| Known for | Installation artist, filmmaker, painter |
| Notable work | Wavelength (1967) <----> (1969) La Région Centrale (1971) Flight Stop (1979) *Corpus Callosum (2002) |
| Movement | Structural film |
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| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Officer, Order of Canada 1981 Companion, Order of Canada 1997 Chevalier d'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France 1995 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts 2000 Honorary Doctorate, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne 2004 Honorary Doctorate, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 2016 |
Michael James Aleck Snow CC RCA (December 10, 1928 – January 5, 2023) was a Canadian artist who worked in a range of media including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music. His best-known films are Wavelength (1967) and La Région Centrale (1971), with the former regarded as a milestone in avant-garde cinema.