Michael James Aleck Snow was a Canadian multi talented artist who was a painter, jazz pianist, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker best known for Wavelength, a film released in 1967. The film was hailed in the 1969 Artforum magazine issue. He was named number 85 in the 2001 Village Voice critics' list of the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. Snow was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and studied at Upper Canada College and the Ontario College of Art from which he graduated in 1952. He made ... moreMichael James Aleck Snow was a Canadian multi talented artist who was a painter, jazz pianist, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker best known for Wavelength, a film released in 1967. The film was hailed in the 1969 Artforum magazine issue. He was named number 85 in the 2001 Village Voice critics' list of the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. Snow was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and studied at Upper Canada College and the Ontario College of Art from which he graduated in 1952. He made his first film in 1956 tittles A to Z. in 1967 he held his first exhibition of his art work before moving to New York with his wife in the early 1960s. This move proved fruitful as he gained connections, new ideas and his work increasingly gained recognition. When Snow returned to Canada in the 1970s he was an established figure in visual art, a film maker and musician. His work has appeared at exhibitions across Europe, North America and South America.
