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Home/People/Michael Ondaatje
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Born
Oct 12, 1943
Age 82
Place of Birth
Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

7
Movies
0
TV Shows
4
Directed
IMDb Profile

Michael Ondaatje

Directing

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.
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as Self
2016
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Al Purdy Was Here

as (voice)
2015
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Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage

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Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant

as Himself
2006
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

as Self
2004
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Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet

as Himself
1999
Poetry in Motion poster

Poetry in Motion

as Self
1982