Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Weir, Michael
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Description area
Dates of existence
1965-2005
History
Michael Weir was a video and film artist, Bristol, England. Weir was a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1990. He was twice nominated for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Awards and was a recipient and numerous others, including two Atlantic Film Festival awards for editing. Weir died in 2005 after a battle of cancer, which he documented his struggles with the disease in a video diary before his death. Weir became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1990s because his video recordings became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, 2nd Edition.
Status
Final
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Full
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Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Information about Michael Weir about found on his IMDb biography: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918618/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm