Colin Low

Biography

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 Dunn…

Directed

1. Universe (1960) — Director
2. City of Gold (1957) — Director
3. The Romance of Transportation in Canada (1952) — Director
4. The Winds of Fogo (1970) — Director
5. Momentum (1992) — Director
6. City Out of Time (1959) — Director
7. Corral (1954) — Director
8. Circle of the Sun (1961) — Director
9. In the Labyrinth (1967) — Director
10. The Children of Fogo Island (1967) — Director
11. The Hutterites (1964) — Director
12. Riches of the Earth (1954) — Director
13. Standing Alone (1982) — Director
14. Time and Terrain (1948) — Director
15. Age of the Beaver (1952) — Director
16. The Days of Whisky Gap (1961) — Director
17. The Jolifou Inn (1955) — Director
18. Seven Surprizes (1963) — Director
19. A Pinto for the Prince (1979) — Director
20. Transitions (1986) — Director
21. The Contour Connection (1983) — Director
22. Teamwork - Past and Present (1950) — Director
23. Emergency (1988) — Director
24. A Wedding and Party (1967) — Director
25. The Mercer Family (1967) — Director
26. A Woman's Place (1967) — Director
27. Moving Pictures (2000) — Director
28. Billy Crane Moves Away (1967) — Director
29. Gold (1955) — Director
30. When I Go - That's It! (1972) — Director
31. The Merchant and the Teacher (1967) — Director
32. Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay (1967) — Director
33. The Founding of the Co-operatives (1967) — Director
34. McGraths at Home and Fishing (1967) — Director
35. The Songs of Chris Cobb (1967) — Director
36. Jim Decker Builds a Longliner (1967) — Director
37. Citizen Discussions (1967) — Director
38. Thoughts on Fogo and Norway (1967) — Director
39. The Story of the Up Top (1967) — Director
40. Joe Kinsella on Education (1967) — Director