Colin Low (filmmaker)
| Colin Low | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Colin Archibald Low July 24, 1926 Cardston, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | February 24, 2016 (aged 89) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Film director, Film producer |
| Years active | 1947 - 1996 |
| Spouse(s) | Eugénie |
| Children | 3 |
Colin Archibald Low OC RCA (July 24, 1926 – February 24, 2016) was a Canadian animation and documentary filmmaker.
Born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, Low attended the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Calgary Institute of Technology, now known as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. His career at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal spanned over six decades, on more than 200 productions, most often as director, producer or executive producer.
Low is survived by his wife Eugénie and three sons, Stephen, Alexander and Ben.
Low's 1952 animated short, The Romance of Transportation in Canada, won a Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, a special BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
His 1954 documentary Corral received was named best documentary at the Venice Film Festival. He followed that with a second documentary shot in southern Alberta, the 1960 film Circle of the Sun, which marked the first time the Kainai Nation's sacred Sun Dance was filmed.
Low received his second Palme d'Or for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival, along with another BAFTA award and Oscar nomination for his 1957 documentary, City of Gold, on the Klondike Gold Rush, co-directed with Wolf Koenig. City of Gold made use of slow pans and zooms across archival photos and has been cited by Ken Burns as a key inspiration for the so-called Ken Burns effect.
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