
“Take a moment of room tone in loving memory of M. Snyder began his career in 2011 as a boom operator on the thriller “Occupant.” On the television side, his credits include Amazon’s “Good Omens.”ĭirector Yuval David also took to Facebook to express his condolences. Searchlight Pictures said in a statement, “We extend our deepest condolences to Wolf’s family and to our friends, the company of ‘Nomadland.'” We send our condolences to his family on behalf of the entire ‘Nomadland’ company.
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He was part of our little movie family and his kind soul touched us all. For me, he is ‘Nomadland.'”Ī statement released on behalf of the entire cast and crew of “Nomadland,” reads, “While our hearts break with Wolf’s loss, we hope it is a comfort to know that his spirit will live forever in every laugh he recorded, every breeze, and every gallop of a horse. “Nomadland” star Frances McDormand said in a statement, “Wolf recorded our heart beats. He would always be with me on set, after each take, and in the silence of every room tone. After hustling on each location, we sat together, in silence, tuned in, listened and honored the world around us and each other. He would nod at me with a happy grin, or tears in his eyes, or sometimes he would discreetly signal ‘one more.’ During ‘The Rider,’ Wolf suggested an idea we later took onto ‘Nomadland’ - recording room tones longer than we need as a chance to experience silence. “I didn’t wear headphones on set and so I heavily relied on Wolf to be my ears. Snyder also worked with “Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao on 2017’s “ The Rider.” “On ‘The Rider’ and ‘Nomadland,’ I always looked at Wolf after each take,” Zhao said. He was certainly thrilled about all of the accolades for Nomadland and told us many happy stories about his work on the film and the amazing people he got to spend time with.” He seemed especially joyful and invigorated in these last few months since he was able to return to work on several different film projects. In spite of this, we all believed he was doing well, and for most of this past year I think he was. I’m sure it was difficult for Michael that he spent most of the last year alone in his small, Queens apartment, being responsible about dealing with the coronavirus. For most people, this is an illness that waxes and wanes over the years. “He has suffered from Major Depression for many years.

“Michael took his own life sometime in the last week and wasn’t discovered until I went to check on him Monday after he had dropped out of contact for several days,” he wrote. apartment by his father on March 1 after friends and family had not heard from him for several days.ĭavid, a psychiatrist, posted a message on Facebook on March 4. Snyder’s body was found in his Queens, N.Y. “ Nomadland” production sound mixer Michael Wolf Snyder has died by suicide, according his father, David Snyder.
