John Avery Leon Labow (November 28, 1942 - December 11, 2017) was a Canadian film and television producer,David Parker, "Producer John Labow sets up in Calgary". ''

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'', June 10, 2014. most noted as a producer of documentaries for

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."Drinking up at the Agora round table"
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'', January 17, 2005. Born in

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, Labow was educated at the

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.Ralph Hicklin, "Friendship and $750 main ingredients of campus film". '' The Globe and Mail'', November 21, 1964. His artistic endeavours during this era included performing as a folk music duo with Bram Morrison, and acting in local and regional theatre productions and the 1965 student-produced film '' Winter Kept Us Warm''. He was then one of the producers of '' The Offering'', the second feature film by ''Winter Kept Us Warm'' director David Secter. Following his graduation he worked for the

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, before joining the nascent TVOntario in the early 1970s as one of its founding producers. For TVOntario he produced a significant number of documentary films and series, most notably the ''Planet Africa'' series about contemporary

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n culture. He later left TVOntario to launch his own independent production company, Videolink, and in the early 2000s he moved to

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, where he launched another new company, Agora Productions. As an independent producer, he primarily concentrated on television specials for musical performers such as

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and the

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; he also worked as a casting director through his independent firm Canadian Casting Centre.Alexandra Burroughs, "Oliverio gives something back: Back filming in Alberta". ''

'', December 3, 2004. He died on December 11, 2017 in Calgary, at age 75.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Labow, John 1942 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian documentary film producers Canadian television producers Canadian casting directors Male actors from Ontario People from Timmins University of Toronto alumni