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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Short description|Canadian artist (1928–2023)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name             = Michael Snow
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|RCA|size=100%}}
| image            = Michael_Snow.jpg
| image_size       = 250px
| caption          = Snow in 2007
| birth_name       = Michael James Aleck Snow 
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1928|12|10}}
| birth_place      = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2023|1|5|1928|12|10}}
| death_place      = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| field            = [[Installation artist]], filmmaker, painter
| training         = [[Ontario College of Art]]
| movement         = [[Structural film]]
| works            = ''[[Wavelength (1967 film)|Wavelength]]'' (1967)<br>''[[Back and Forth (film)|<---->]]'' (1969)<br>''[[La Région Centrale]]'' (1971)<br>''[[Flight Stop]]'' (1979)<br>''[[*Corpus Callosum]]'' (2002)
| patrons          = 
| influenced by    = 
| influenced       = 
| awards           = {{awd|[[Order of Canada|Officer, Order of Canada]]|1981|}} {{awd|[[Order of Canada|Companion, Order of Canada]]|1997}}{{awd|[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier d'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France]]|1995}} {{awd|[[Governor General's Award|Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts]]|2000}} {{awd|[[Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne|Honorary Doctorate, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne]]|2004}} {{awd|[[Université du Québec à Chicoutimi|Honorary Doctorate, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi]]|2016}}
| spouse           = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Joyce Wieland]]|1956|1976|end = divorced}}|{{marriage|Peggy Gale|1990}}}}
| children         = 1
}}

'''Michael James Aleck Snow''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|RCA|size=100%}} (December 10, 1928 – January 5, 2023) was a Canadian artist who worked in a range of media including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music. His best-known films are ''[[Wavelength (1967 film)|Wavelength]]'' (1967) and ''[[La Région Centrale]]'' (1971), with the former regarded as a milestone in [[experimental film|avant-garde cinema]].