- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 10, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Toronto, Canada
- Died
- January 5, 2023
Michael Snow
Michael Snow was considered one of Canada's most important artists, and one of the world's leading experimental filmmakers. His wide-ranging and multidisciplinary oeuvre explored the possibilities inherent in different mediums and genres, and encompassed film and video, painting, sculpture, photography, writing, and music. Snow's practice comprised a thorough investigation into the nature of perception. While Snow early established himself as a successful painter and musician in his native Toronto, it was his 1962 move to New York City that marked the beginning of his rise to international prominence. He entered into a long-lasting and fruitful dialogue with downtown Manhattan's artistic avant garde, exchanging ideas with figures such as Yvonne Rainer, Philip Glass, Sol LeWitt, and Richard Foreman, and developing of some of his most ambitious and influential works to date. His 1964 film…
Filmography
movieCityscape
2019 · Director
movieWaivelength
2019 · Director
movieL’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow
2019 · Himself
moviePortrait of Snow
2016 · Himself
movieEXPRMNTL
2016 · Himself
movieSnow In Vienna
2013 · Himself - Composer
movieFree Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011 · Himself
movieMichael Snow Portrait
2011
movieCyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
2011
moviePuccini Conservato
2009 · Director
movieReverberlin
2006 · Director
movieSshtoorrty
2005 · Director, Writer
movieTriage
2004 · Director
movieWVLNT
2003 · Director
movie*Corpus Callosum
2002 · Director, Writer, Production Design
Solar Breath
movieSolar Breath
2002 · Director
The Living Room
movieThe Living Room
2001 · Director
moviePreludes
2000 · Director
moviePrelude
2000 · Director
movieBirth of a Nation
1997 · Self
movieMichael Snow Up Close
1996 · Himself
movieTo Lavoisier, Who Died in the Reign of Terror
1991 · Director
See You Later
movieSee You Later
1990 · Director
movieCloister
1989 · Sound
movieSeated Figures
1988 · Director
movieI Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
1987
movieLamentations: A Monument for the Dead World
1985 · Thanks
movieHome Movies 1971-81
1985
Funnel Piano
movieFunnel Piano
1983 · Director
movieSnow Business
1983 · Himself
movieSo Is This
1982 · Director, Writer
moviePresents
1981 · Director
movieCinématon n°44 : Michael Snow
1979
Cinématon V
movieCinématon V
1979 · N°44
movieGrand Opera: An Historical Romance
1979 · Wilma Schoen
movieCinématon
1978 · N°44
movieBreakfast (Table-Top Dolly)
1976 · Director
movie‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974 · The Whistler / The Trumpeter / Man at the Table / ... (voice), Director, Writer
movieTwo Sides to Every Story
1974 · Director
movieDream Life
1972 · Man walking in the street (uncredited)
movieHapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)
1971 · Narrator
movieLa Région Centrale
1971 · Director, Producer, Sound Designer, Editor
movieThe Stone Age
1970 · Aristotle
A Casing Shelved
movieA Casing Shelved
1970 · Director
Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film
movieSide Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film
1970 · Director
movieOne Second in Montreal
1969 · Director
movieBack and Forth
1969 · Director
Dripping Water
movieDripping Water
1969 · Director
Seminar
movieSeminar
1969 · Self
movieA Lecture
1968 · Narrator
movieSnowblind
1968
movieDiaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Self
movieWavelength
1967 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieStandard Time
1967 · Director
movieFor Life, Against the War
1967 · Director
movieBill's Hat
1967
movieManual of Arms
1966
movieShort Shave
1965 · , Director
movieNew York Eye and Ear Control
1964 · Director
movieLittle Walk
1964 · Director
movieToronto Jazz
1963 · Himself
movieA to Z
1956 · Director