# John Labow

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{{Short description|Canadian film and television producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = John Labow
| image         = John_Labow_headshot.webp
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1942|11|28}} 
| birth_place   = [Timmins](/source/Timmins), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| birth_name    = John Avery Leon Labow
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2017|12|11|1942|11|28}} 
| death_place   = [Calgary](/source/Calgary), Alberta, Canada
| death_cause   = 
| occupation    = documentary filmmaker and producer
| 
}}
'''John Avery Leon Labow''' (November 28, 1942 – December 11, 2017) was a Canadian film and television producer,<ref name=parker>David Parker, "Producer John Labow sets up in Calgary". ''[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)'', June 10, 2014.</ref> most noted as a producer of documentaries for [TVOntario](/source/TVOntario).<ref name=playback>[https://playbackonline.ca/2005/01/17/docs-20050117/ "Drinking up at the Agora round table"]. ''[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))'', January 17, 2005.</ref>

Born in [Timmins](/source/Timmins), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Labow was educated at the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto).<ref name=hicklin>Ralph Hicklin, "Friendship and $750 main ingredients of campus film". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', November 21, 1964.</ref> His artistic endeavours during this era included performing as a folk music duo with [Bram Morrison](/source/Bram_Morrison), and acting in local and regional theatre productions<ref>Herbert Whittaker, "Shawbusiness: Slick Comedy Feature as Orillia Curtain Rises Again". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', July 18, 1962.</ref> and the 1965 student-produced film ''[Winter Kept Us Warm](/source/Winter_Kept_Us_Warm)''.<ref name=hicklin/> He was then one of the producers of ''[The Offering](/source/The_Offering_(1966_film))'', the second feature film by ''Winter Kept Us Warm'' director [David Secter](/source/David_Secter).

Following his graduation he worked for the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation), before joining the nascent TVOntario in the early 1970s as one of its founding producers.<ref name=parker/> For TVOntario he produced a significant number of documentary films and series, most notably the ''Planet Africa'' series about contemporary [Africa](/source/Africa)n culture.<ref>"Africa: Tarzan doesn't live there anymore". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', September 26, 1975.</ref> He later left TVOntario to launch his own independent production company, Videolink,<ref>[Antonia Zerbisias](/source/Antonia_Zerbisias), "Rocky Mountain high for TV's dealmakers". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', June 9, 1997.</ref> and in the early 2000s he moved to [Calgary](/source/Calgary), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), where he launched another new company, Agora Productions.<ref name=parker/> As an independent producer, he primarily concentrated on television specials for musical performers such as [Anne Murray](/source/Anne_Murray), [Perry Como](/source/Perry_Como) and the [Toronto Symphony Orchestra](/source/Toronto_Symphony_Orchestra); he also worked as a casting director through his independent firm Canadian Casting Centre.<ref>Alexandra Burroughs, "Oliverio gives something back: Back filming in Alberta". ''[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)'', December 3, 2004.</ref>

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

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1071319}}
*[https://www.johnlabow.com/ johnlabow.com]

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Category:20th-century Canadian male actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Canadian documentary film producers
Category:Canadian television producers
Category:Canadian casting directors
Category:Male actors from Ontario
Category:People from Timmins
Category:University of Toronto alumni
Category:TVO people

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