Michael Snow

Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1929 • attended the Ontario College of Art • musician (jazz trumpet and piano), painter and sculptor •
Films (selection):
1957 ‘A to Z’ • 1962 ‘Walking Woman Film’ • 1964 ‘New York Eye and Ear Control’, 16 mm, b&w, sound, 34 min • 1965 ‘Short Shave’, 16 mm, 4 min • 1967 ‘Wavelength’, 16 mm, colour, sound, 45 min • ‘Cut-Out Screen Film’, 8 mm film, the screening of which requires a special projection screen designed by Snow • 1968 ‘Standard Time’, 16 mm, colour, sound, 8 min • 1969 ‘Back and Forth’, 16 mm, colour, sound • ‘Dripping Water’, in collaboration with Joyce Wieland • ‘One Second in Montreal’, 16 mm, b&w, silent, 15 min • 1970 ‘La Region Centrale’, 16 mm, sound, 180 min • ‘A Casing Shelved’, 35 mm, 40 min • 1972–76 “Breakfast”, 16 mm, 17 min • 1989 ‘Seated Figures’, 16 mm, 40 min • 1991 ‘To Lavoisire, who died in the Reign of Terror’, 16 mm, 53 min