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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1926-07-24
- event Death Date 2016-02-24
- school Known for: Directing
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The Jolifou Inn
1955-01-01
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Christ Is Risen
1976-01-01
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Coming Home
1973-06-30
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Pot-pourri
1962-04-07
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Riches of the Earth
1954-06-08
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Cadet Rousselle
1947-09-03
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Very Nice, Very Nice
1961-01-01
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Free Fall
1964-01-01
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City of Gold
1957-05-02
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Universe
1960-05-01
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The Boat That Ian Built
1974-01-01
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Corral
1954-04-01
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Circle of the Sun
1961-08-15
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A Wedding and Party
1967-01-01
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A Woman's Place
1967-01-01
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The Mercer Family
1967-01-01
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Earthware
1975-01-01
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The Mad Canadian
1976-12-31
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In Search of the Bowhead Whale
1974-05-01
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Descent
1975-01-01
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In the Labyrinth
1967-04-28
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Standing Alone
1982-03-10
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Circle of the Sun
1961-08-15
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The Children of Fogo Island
1967-03-14
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Moving Pictures
2000-03-30
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Billy Crane Moves Away
1967-01-01
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Waiting for Fidel
1975-11-14
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The Winds of Fogo
1970-10-04
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Universe
1960-05-01
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Universe
1960-05-01
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Age of the Beaver
1952-12-31
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Time and Terrain
1948-01-01
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Gold
1955-09-01
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When I Go - That's It!
1972-01-01
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A Memo from Fogo
1972-01-01
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Kainai
1973-01-01
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Alberta Girls
1975-01-01
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The Living Machine
1962-01-01
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Cree Hunters of Mistassini
1974-01-01
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In Praise of Hands
1974-01-01
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A is for Architecture
1959-01-01
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Appetizers
1960-01-01
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Momentum
1992-04-20
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The Founding of the Co-operatives
1967-01-01
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The Merchant and the Teacher
1967-01-01
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McGraths at Home and Fishing
1967-01-01
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Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay
1967-12-31
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The Romance of Transportation in Canada
1952-01-01
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Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
1967-01-01
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The Songs of Chris Cobb
1967-01-01
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Citizen Discussions
1967-01-01
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Thoughts on Fogo and Norway
1967-01-01
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The Story of the Up Top
1967-01-01
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Some Problems of Fogo
1967-01-01
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Dan Roberts on Fishing
1967-01-01
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Joe Kinsella on Education
1967-01-01
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William Wells Talks About The Island
1967-01-01
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Fishermen's Meeting
1967-01-01
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Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare
1967-01-01
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Tom Best on Co-operatives
1967-01-01
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The Fogo Island Improvement Committee
1967-01-01
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Discussion on Welfare
1967-01-01
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Fogo's Expatriates
1967-01-01
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Corral
1954-04-01
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The Sword of the Lord
1976-01-01
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City of Gold
1957-05-02
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City Out of Time
1959-04-15
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The Hutterites
1964-01-01
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Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut
1974-01-01
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Musicanada
1975-01-01
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I Don't Think It's Meant for Us...
1971-01-01
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Jim Decker's Party
1967-01-01
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The Days of Whisky Gap
1961-01-01
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Log House
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Freshwater World
1974-01-01
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No Way They Want to Slow Down
1976-01-01
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The Jolifou Inn
1955-01-01
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Blackwood
1976-01-01
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Time and Terrain
1948-01-01
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Time and Terrain
1948-01-01
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Seven Surprizes
1963-01-01
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A Pinto for the Prince
1979-01-01
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Transitions
1986-05-02
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I Am an Old Tree
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The Contour Connection
1983-01-01
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One Little Indian
1954-01-01
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Teamwork - Past and Present
1950-12-31
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Emergency
1988-01-01
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Emergency
1988-01-01
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Lumsden
1975-01-01
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21-87
1963-04-24
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King of the Hill
1974-10-01
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Introduction to Fogo Island
1968-01-01
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The New Alchemists
1974-01-01
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My Financial Career
1962-10-01
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The Living Stone
1958-02-04
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Los Canadienses
1976-01-01
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Cell 16
1972-01-01