Person
Mike Hoolboom
Directing · Born 1959-01-01 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Michael "Mike" Hoolboom is a Canadian independent, experimental filmmaker. Having begun filmmaking at an early age, Hoolboom released his first major work, a "film that's not quite a film" entitled White Museum, in 1986. Although he continued to produce films, his rate of production improved drastically after he was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 or 1989; this gave a "new urgency" to his works. Since then he has made dozens of films, two of which have won Best Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival. His films have also featured in more than 200 film festivals worldwide.
Known for
Amy
Director
Dear Madonna
Director
Promises
Director
Frank's Cock
Writer
Hoolboom
Himself
Faultlines
(Voice)
Letters From Home
Director
Valentine's Day
Director
Pensão Globo
(voice)
Escape in Canada
Director
Filmography
- 2024VeteransDirector
- 2024PromisesDirector
- 2024White HarlemDirector
- 2024RainDirector
- 2024Body ElectricDirector
- 2023NazarethDirector
- 2023Birgit HeinDirector
- 2023WinterDirector
- 2023WindDirector
- 2022Close-UpDirector
- 2022The Central GestureDirector
- 2022How to Watch PornographyDirector
- 2022New York State of MindDirector
- 2022WavesDirector
- 2022SkinshipDirector
- 2022Letter to FredDirector
- 2022Freedom from EverythingDirector
- 2021PostcardsDirector
- 2021Model CitizensDirector
- 2021ListeningDirector
- 2021The Guy on the BedDirector
- 2021CutDirector
- 2021Soft Landings for CapitalismDirector
- 202123 Thoughts About My MotherDirector
- 2021For the BirdsDirector
- 2021Feeling StatesDirector
- 2021Ice CreamDirector
- 2021SkinnedScreenplay
- 2021HaifaDirector
- 2021SundaysDirector
- 2020We Are IslandsDirector
- 2020TOUCH Memory (VIETNAM)Director
- 2020FeastDirector
- 2020Zen BasketballDirector
- 2020After Victory DayDirector
- 2020Judy Versus CapitalismDirector
- 2019Language, not territoryDirector
- 2019Gramsci’s NotebooksDirector
- 2019(S)he Said thatDirector
- 2019After DrowningDirector
- 2019I Touched Her Legs remixDirector
- 2019Father AuditionsDirector
- 201927 Thoughts About My FatherCinematography
- 2019ThresholdDirector
- 2019Be Your DogDirector
- 2019Lover ManDirector
- 2019Soft Animal BodyDirector
- 2019Credit CardDirector
- 2018Introduction to AlchemyDirector
- 2018Supernatural PowerDirector
- 2018The Bed and the StreetSound
- 2018LionsDirector
- 2018After the American ElectionEditor
- 2018I Saw Him ThereSound
- 2018Instructions for RobotsDirector
- 2018A Boy’s LifeDirector
- 2018AftermathDirector
- 20173 Dreams of HorsesDirector
- 2017GhostEditor
- 2017Citizen PoetSound
- 2017Tales from the Winnipeg Film GroupHimself
- 2017Nursing HistoryDirector
- 2017Visiting HoursProducer
- 2017SpectatorDirector
- 2017From the Archives of the Red CrossDirector
- 2017Colour My WorldDirector
- 2017IdentificationCinematography
- 2017In 1974Editor
- 2017Subway StopsCinematography
- 2016Introduction to MountainsDirector
- 2016Incident ReportsDirector
- 2016We Make CouplesDirector
- 2016Land of Not KnowingHimself
- 2015MirrorsDirector
- 2015FarragoDirector
- 2015ScrapbookDirector
- 2014Second NatureWriter
- 2014Safety Picture CollectionDirector
- 2014Safety Film CollectionDirector
- 2013Buffalo Death MaskHimself
- 2012Lacan PalestineProducer
- 2011Forest WalkDirector
- 20105 KlesasDirector
- 2009All Fall DownHimself
- 2009MarkDirector
- 2006FascinationDirector
- 2004AmyDirector
- 2004In the TheatreDirector
- 2004Public LightingDirector
- 2004GlassDirector
- 2004TraditionDirector
- 2004HiroDirector
- 2003Imitations of LifeDirector
- 2003RainDirector
- 2003In the DarkDirector
- 2003The Invisible ManDirector
- 2003The GameDirector
- 2003Last ThoughtsDirector
- 2003PortraitDirector
- 2003Imitation of LifeDirector
- 2002BeaconWriter
- 2002TomDirector
- 2001WritingDirector
- 2000In the CityDirector
- 2000JackDirector
- 2000SecretDirector
- 1999VacancyNarrator (voice)
- 1999HoolboomHimself
- 1999Hey MadonnaDirector
- 1999DamagedDirector
- 1998Faultlines(Voice)
- 1998Panic BodiesCinematography
- 1998Passing OnDirector
- 1998In My CarDirector
- 1998PositivDirector
- 1998In the FutureDirector
- 1997Pensão Globo(voice)
- 1996EternityEditor
- 1996Letters From HomeDirector
- 1996Dear MadonnaDirector
- 1995Moucle's IslandDirector
- 1995House of PainDirector
- 1994Scattering Stars
- 1994Frank's CockWriter
- 1994Justify My LoveDirector
- 1994Valentine's DayDirector
- 1993Sleepy Haven
- 1993Escape in CanadaDirector
- 1993Escape in CanadaDirector
- 19931+1+1Director
- 1993ShiteaterDirector
- 1992In the CinemaDirector
- 1992MexicoDirector
- 1990Antigone
- 1990Sugar Maple StandDirector
- 1989BrandDirector
- 1988ScalingDirector
- 1987Fat FilmDirector
- 1986White MuseumDirector
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