Michael Ondaatje

Directing

Born: 1943-10-12

From: Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.2

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.

Awards & Nominations13 won · 1 nominated

Nominated

Booker Prize

Warlight

2018

🏆 Won

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

2012

🏆 Won

Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Divisadero

2007

🏆 Won

Governor General's Literary Awards

2007

🏆 Won

Prix Médicis étranger

2000

🏆 Won

Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Anil's Ghost

2000

🏆 Won

Giller Prize

Anil's Ghost

2000

🏆 Won

Nelly Sachs Prize

1995

🏆 Won

Booker Prize

The English Patient

1992

🏆 Won

Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

The English Patient

1992

🏆 Won

Toronto Book Awards

1988

🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

1984

🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of Canada

🏆 Won

Companion of the Order of Canada

Acting6 titles

Poetry in Motion

Poetry in Motion

1982Documentary

Al Purdy Was Here

Al Purdy Was Here

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

2016Documentary

Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet

Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet

1999Documentary

Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage

Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage

Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant

Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant

2006Documentary

Directing1 title

Elimination Dance

Elimination Dance

Writing2 titles

The English Patient

The English Patient

Elimination Dance

Elimination Dance

Crew1 title

Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell

2012Documentary