Colin Low
Colin Archibald Low CM RCA (July 24, 1926 – February 24, 2016) was a Canadian animation and documentary filmmaker with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was known as a pioneer, one of Canada's most important filmmakers, and was regularly referred to as "the gentleman genius". His numerous honors include five BAFTA awards, eight Cannes Film Festival awards, and six Academy Award nominations.
Low was born and raised in Cardston, Alberta, to Gerald and Marion Low, ranchers who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The town borders the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe), which later became the subject of two of his films; his 1960 film Circle of the Sun marked the first time the Kainai Nation's sacred Sun Dance was filmed.
Low studied graphic design and animation at the Banff School of Fine Arts and then the Calgary Institute of Technology. In 1946, while he was at the latter, the National Film Board of Canada was hiring and put out a call for student submissions; one of Low's teachers suggested that he send in his portfolio and, a week later, he was hired by the prominent NFB filmmaker Norman McLaren. McLaren placed Low under the tutelage of George Dunning, who would act as his mentor for five years. To hone his animation skills, he was also put to work with NFB animator Evelyn Lambart.
Low was recognized as a filmmaker in 1949. In 1950, he was appointed Head of the Animation Unit. From 1972 to 1976, he was an executive producer for the NFB's Studio C; in 1976, he became Director of Regional Production. He would stay with the NFB for the rest of his life, making 203 films and acting as a researcher and advisor on many others. He officially retired in 1997, but continued to write about animation and large-format film, and to work on film projects.
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Filmes (93)
Moving Pictures
2000 · Director
Momentum
1992 · Director
Emergency
1988 · Writer, Director
Transitions
1986 · Director
The Contour Connection
1983 · Director
Standing Alone
1982 · Director
A Pinto for the Prince
1979 · Director
River (Planet Earth)
1977 · Executive Producer
The Mad Canadian
1976 · Executive Producer
Christ Is Risen
1976 · Executive Producer
The Sword of the Lord
1976 · Executive Producer
No Way They Want to Slow Down
1976 · Executive Producer
Blackwood
1976 · Executive Producer
Los Canadienses
1976 · Producer
Waiting for Fidel
1975 · Executive Producer
Earthware
1975 · Producer
Descent
1975 · Producer
Alberta Girls
1975 · Executive Producer
Musicanada
1975 · Executive Producer
Lumsden
1975 · Executive Producer
Metal Workers
1975 · Producer
King of the Hill
1974 · Executive Producer
Another Side of the Forest
1974 · Executive Producer
In Search of the Bowhead Whale
1974 · Executive Producer
The Boat That Ian Built
1974 · Producer
Cree Hunters of Mistassini
1974 · Producer
In Praise of Hands
1974 · Producer
Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut
1974 · Executive Producer
Freshwater World
1974 · Executive Producer
The New Alchemists
1974 · Producer
Coming Home
1973 · Producer
Kainai
1973 · Producer
When I Go - That's It!
1972 · Director
A Memo from Fogo
1972 · Producer
Cell 16
1972 · Producer
I Don't Think It's Meant for Us...
1971 · Producer
The Winds of Fogo
1970 · Director
Introduction to Fogo Island
1968 · Director
Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay
1967 · Director
In the Labyrinth
1967 · Director
The Children of Fogo Island
1967 · Director
A Wedding and Party
1967 · Director
The Mercer Family
1967 · Director
A Woman's Place
1967 · Director
Billy Crane Moves Away
1967 · Director
The Merchant and the Teacher
1967 · Director
The Founding of the Co-operatives
1967 · Director
McGraths at Home and Fishing
1967 · Director
The Songs of Chris Cobb
1967 · Director
Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
1967 · Director
Citizen Discussions
1967 · Director
Thoughts on Fogo and Norway
1967 · Director
The Story of the Up Top
1967 · Director
Joe Kinsella on Education
1967 · Director
Dan Roberts on Fishing
1967 · Director
Some Problems of Fogo
1967 · Director
William Wells Talks About The Island
1967 · Director
Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare
1967 · Director
Fishermen's Meeting
1967 · Director
Tom Best on Co-operatives
1967 · Director
The Fogo Island Improvement Committee
1967 · Director
Fogo's Expatriates
1967 · Director
Discussion on Welfare
1967 · Director
Jim Decker's Party
1967 · Director
Free Fall
1964 · Producer
The Hutterites
1964 · Director
21-87
1963 · Producer
Seven Surprizes
1963 · Director
The Ride
1963 · Producer
My Financial Career
1962 · Producer
Pot-pourri
1962 · Producer
The Living Machine
1962 · Animation
Circle of the Sun
1961 · Director, Writer
Very Nice, Very Nice
1961 · Producer
The Days of Whisky Gap
1961 · Director
Universe
1960 · Writer, Director, Production Design
Appetizers
1960 · Producer
City Out of Time
1959 · Director
A is for Architecture
1959 · Producer
The Living Stone
1958 · Cinematography
City of Gold
1957 · Director, Director of Photography
Gold
1955 · Director
The Jolifou Inn
1955 · Editor, Director
Riches of the Earth
1954 · Director
Corral
1954 · Director, Writer
One Little Indian
1954 · Producer
Age of the Beaver
1952 · Director
The Romance of Transportation in Canada
1952 · Director
Teamwork - Past and Present
1950 · Director
Time and Terrain
1948 · Director, Editor, Animation
Cadet Rousselle
1947 · Animation
Log House
· Executive Producer
I Am an Old Tree
· Executive Producer
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