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Michael Snow
Director 1929 - 2023

Michael Snow

Toronto, Canada

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,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
*Corpus Callosum

*Corpus Callosum

Michael Snow 2002 1h 33m

A surreal and comic exploration of an office space and the decorations of a living room.

So Is This

So Is This

Michael Snow 1982 49m

English and French words flash individually over a black background.

Breakfast (Table Top Dolly)

Breakfast (Table Top Dolly)

Michael Snow 1976 15m

A continuous zoom traverses the space of a breakfast table, serving as a grand metaphor for indigestion.

'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

Michael Snow 1974 4h 16m

Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

La région centrale

La région centrale

Michael Snow 1971 3h 13m

A 1971 experimental Canadian film directed by Michael Snow. Shot in the Canadian mountains over a period of 24 hours using a robotic arm.

A Casing Shelved

Michael Snow 1970 45m

Michael Snow's 1970 film A Casing Shelved combines a projection of a 35mm slide showing a bookcase in Snow's studio with a tape-recorded narration by the artist that discusses various objects within the image.

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Michael Snow 1969 52m

A camera moves back and forth at an increasing pace. Back and forth, back and forth...

Wavelength

Wavelength

Michael Snow 1967 45m 3.0

In a Lower Manhattan industrial loft, a camera very slowly zooms into a photograph on a wall while various people occasionally enter and exit.

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