The sound mixer from the award-winning film, “Nomadland”, has died after taking his own life … and his father thinks the coronavirus pandemic may have played a role.
Michael Wolf Snyder there was nothing heard from him for a few days, when his father, psychiatrist Dr. David Snyder, went to look at him in his Queens apartment. David discovered the body of his son.
Dr Snyder says his son has been battling severe depression for years.
The 35-year-old Michael, who went by the name Wolf, achieved a lot professionally. In addition to the Golden Globe Award “Nomadland”, he worked on the Emmy-nominated show “Good Omens”. He also worked on the 2017 sci-fi movie “Imitation Girl” and the 2018 movie “The Amaranth”.
Frances McDormand, the star of ‘Nomadland’, said, ‘Wolf recorded our heartbeat. We every breath. To me he is ‘Nomadland’. “
Wolf worked as a tree operator and sound mixer with filmmaker Chloe Zhao for ‘The Rider,’ and Zhao said, ‘I always watched Wolf every time. I did not wear headphones on the set, so I relied on Wolf to be my ears. He would nod to me with a happy grin, or tears in his eyes, or sometimes he discreetly gestured: ‘another one’. “
Wolf’s father said he did not know how deeply his son was struggling with depression, saying: ‘I am a psychiatrist who could not save his own son, in part because he would not share the depth of his pain.’ , ‘he said. “For most people, it’s a disease that’s dwindling and declining over the years. I’m sure it was difficult for Michael to spend most of the last year alone in his small Queens apartment and was responsible for dealing with the coronavirus. “He continued … ‘Despite this, we all believed he was doing well, and I think that was the bulk of the past year.’
Wolf was 35. RIP