
Michael Ondaatje
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-10-12 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Michael Ondaatje
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Acting
(2016)
(2015)
Al Purdy Was Here
as (voice)
(2013)
(2006)
(2004)
(1999)
Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet
as Himself
(1982)
Poetry in Motion
as Self
Crew
(2012)
Stories We Tell
Thanks
(1998)
Elimination Dance
Writer, Director
(1996)
The English Patient
Novel
(1974)
(1970)
The Sons of Captain Poetry
Director
(1970)
Carry On Crime and Punishment
Director