
Person
Michael Ondaatje
Directing · Born 1943-10-12 · Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943), OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Ondaatje, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The English Patient
Novel

Stories We Tell
Thanks

Al Purdy Was Here
(voice)

Poetry in Motion
Self

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
Self

Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant
Himself
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Self

Elimination Dance
Writer

Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage
2013

Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet
Himself
Filmography
- 2016Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brottSelf
- 2015Al Purdy Was Here(voice)
- 2013Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage
- 2012Stories We TellThanks
- 2006Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis GallantHimself
- 2004Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture EditingSelf
- 1999Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, PoetHimself
- 1998Elimination DanceWriter
- 1996The English PatientNovel
- 1982Poetry in MotionSelf
- 1974The Clinton Special: A Film About the Farm ShowDirector
- 1970The Sons of Captain PoetryDirector
- 1970Carry On Crime and PunishmentDirector
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