Michael Ondaatje filmography and biography
Date of birth: 12 September 1943, Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Michael Ondaatje trivia
- Won the 1992 Booker Prize for his novel 'The English Patient'.
- His brother, Christopher, was a member of the 1964 Canadian Olympic
Bobsled team.
- Taught at York University (Toronto)
- Emigrated to Canada in 1962.
- Holds a BA from the University of Toronto and an MA from Queen's
University (Kingston, Ontario)
- Father was Dutch; Mother was Ceylonese.
- Awarded the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, the Prix Medicis, the
Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize for his novel, "Anil's
Ghost"
- He and wife Linda Spalding edit the bi-annual literary journal, Brick
(www.brickmag.com)
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series,
Vol. 133, pp. 346-351. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997
- He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on July 11,
1988 for his services to Canadian Literature.
- The character name, 'Kip', was apparently his nickname at his school,
Dulwich College. This was a reference to cooking oil stains on his
exercise books which reminded the wags among his fellow pupils of
kipper fish which were canned in such oil.
- Educated at Dulwich College, London, UK.
Michael Ondaatje filmography
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Yesno | 2010 |
| Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant | 2006 |
| No More Tears Sister | 2005 |
| The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter | 2005 |
| The Cinnamon Peeler | 2004 |
| Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing | 2004 |
| Tavis Smiley | 2004 |
| The 69th Annual Academy Awards | 1997 |
| Poetry in Motion | 1982 |