Colin Low
- Born
- 1926 · Cardston.
- Died
- 2016 · Montreal.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- film producer · executive producer · animator · screenwriter · film editor · cinematographer · director
- Fields
- animation · 3D film · experimental film · documentary film
- Education
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Honours
- Canadian Film Award · Officer of the Order of Canada · Prix Albert-Tessier · Short Film Palme d'Or · BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film · Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
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Colin Low studied at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. The field of work recorded is animation, 3D film and experimental film. Employment is recorded with National Film Board of Canada. Distinctions recorded are Canadian Film Award, Officer of the Order of Canada, Prix Albert-Tessier and Short Film Palme d'Or.
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- 1.CBC Montreal. Colin Low, Quebec documentary filmmaker, dead at 89. cbc.ca.
- 2.Lacey, Liam. Colin Low: A gentleman genius of documentary cinema. The Globe and Mail. 11 March 2016.
- 3.Rosenthal, Alan. New challenges for documentary. Manchester University Press. 90–91. 13 May 2005. 0-7190-6899-1.
- 4.Glassman, Marc. Remembering Colin Low. povmagazine.com. POV Magazine.
- 5.National Film Board of Canada. Making Movie History: Colin Low. nfb.ca.
- 6.Williams, Charles. Historical Photographs and Multimedia Storytelling.
- 7.Filmmaker of vision. Take One.
- 8.Tibbets, John C. All That Glitters: City of Gold Revisited.
- 9.Schugurensky, Daniel. Challenge for Change launched, a participatory media approach to citizenship education. History of Education. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). 2005.
- 10.Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Wedding in White voted top film. Canadian Press. 8. 16 October 1972.
- 11.Kallay, William. Achievements in Large Format. In70mm.com.
- 12.National Film Board of Canada. Director: Colin Low. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 13.National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Colin Low. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 14.National Film Board of Canada. Production Personnel: Colin Low. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 15.Giant Screen Cinema Association. Echoes of the Sun. giantscreencinema.com.
- 16.National Film Board of Canada. Cadet Rousselle. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 17.National Film Board of Canada. The Romance of Transportation in Canada. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 18.National Film Board of Canada. Age of the Beaver. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 19.National Film Board of Canada. Corral. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 20.National Film Board of Canada. Riches of the Earth. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 21.National Film Board of Canada. One Little Indian. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 22.National Film Board of Canada. The Jolifou Inn. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 23.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 33-35.
- 24.National Film Board of Canada. Gold. onf-nfb.gc.c.
- 25.National Film Board of Canada. City of Gold. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 26.National Film Board of Canada. City Out of Time. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 27.National Film Board of Canada. A is for Architecture. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 28.National Film Board of Canada. Circle of the Sun. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 29.National Film Board of Canada. Universe. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 30.National Film Board of Canada. Hors-d'oeuvre. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 31.National Film Board of Canada. Do You Know the Milky Way?. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 32.National Film Board of Canada. Very Nice, Very Nice. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 33.National Film Board of Canada. The Days of Whiskey Gap. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 34.National Film Board of Canada. Pot-pourri. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 35.National Film Board of Canada. My Financial Career. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 36.National Film Board of Canada. 21-87. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 37.National Film Board of Canada. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 38.National Film Board of Canada. Free Fall. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 39.National Film Board of Canada. The Hutterites. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 40.National Film Board of Canada. The Children of Fogo Island. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 41.National Film Board of Canada. Here is Canada. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 42.National Film Board of Canada. The Question of TV Violence. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 43.National Film Board of Canada. Coming Home. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 44.National Film Board of Canada. Sub-Igloo. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 45.National Film Board of Canada. The Man Who Can't Stop. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 46.National Film Board of Canada. Child Part 1. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 47.National Film Board of Canada. Cree Hunters of Mistassini. Collection. 1974.
- 48.National Film Board of Canada. Sananguagat: Inuit Masterworks. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 49.National Film Board of Canada. Another Side of the Forest. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 50.National Film Board of Canada. Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 51.National Film Board of Canada. In Praise of Hands. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 52.National Film Board of Canada. In Search of the Bowhead Whale. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 53.National Film Board of Canada. Waiting for Fidel. nfb.ca.
- 54.National Film Board of Canada. King of the Hill. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 55.National Film Board of Canada. Arctic IV. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 56.National Film Board of Canada. Jack Rabbit. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 57.National Film Board of Canada. Descent. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 58.National Film Board of Canada. The Lady and the Owl. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 59.National Film Board of Canada. Musicanada. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 60.National Film Board of Canada. Blackwood. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 61.National Film Board of Canada. A Great White Bird. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 62.National Film Board of Canada. High Grass Circus. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 63.National Film Board of Canada. The Land: A New Priority. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 64.National Film Board of Canada. Log House. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 65.National Film Board of Canada. Waterloo Farmers. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 66.National Film Board of Canada. Los Canadienses. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 67.International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg. Festival Archive 1976. iffmh.de.
- 68.National Film Board of Canada. Los Canadienses. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 69.National Film Board of Canada. Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 70.National Film Board of Canada. Standing Alone. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 71.National Film Board of Canada. Starlife. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 72.National Film Board of Canada. Momentum. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
- 73.National Film Board of Canada. Moving Pictures. onf-nfb.gc.ca.
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