
Person
David Rimmer
Directing · Born 1942-01-20 · Vancouver, Canada
Biography
Internationally celebrated filmmaker David Rimmer has over 25 experimental and documentary film and video productions to his credit. Throughout his prolific career, he has worked primarily in film, video and photography with his expertise extending to a variety of other media. His multi-faceted background includes working in performance, sound, sculpture, holography and dance. His experience as a performer with Yvonne Rainer's company in New York city left Rimmer uniquely qualified to produce such work as "Roadshow" and "Sisyphus," which feature dance as a medium of expression. Widely considered to be a key contributor to the emergence of film as an art form, Rimmer's innovation has led to much acclaim. born in Vancouver in 1942, David Rimmer has spent most of his life in his native city with brief periods in New York (1970-72) and Europe (1973). In addition to his provocative work as an artist, he is an instructor in the film and video program at Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
Known for

Gathering Storm
Director

Home Movies 1971-81
1985

Narrows Inlet
Director

Seashore
Director
Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper
Director

Fracture
Director

Landscape
Director

Watching for the Queen
Director

Canadian Pacific II
Director

Blue Movie
Director
Filmography
- 2008CollectiveDirector
- 2003On the Road to KandaharEditor
- 2003An Eye for an EyeEditor
- 2003Gathering StormDirector
- 1998Jack Wise: Language of the BrushDirector
- 1997Codes of ConductDirector
- 1992Local KnowledgeDirector
- 1990Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the MouseEditor
- 1987RoadshowDirector
- 1986As Seen on TVDirector
- 1986Along the Road to AltamiraDirector
- 1985Home Movies 1971-81
- 1985SisyphusDirector
- 1984BricolageDirector
- 1982Shades of RedDirector
- 1980Narrows InletDirector
- 1979Al Neil: A PortraitDirector
- 1975Canadian Pacific IIDirector
- 1974Canadian Pacific IDirector
- 1973FractureDirector
- 1973Watching for the QueenDirector
- 1973Box-A-RamaCamera Operator
- 1971Real Italian PizzaDirector
- 1971SeashoreDirector
- 1970Surfacing on the ThamesDirector
- 1970Variations on a Cellophane WrapperDirector
- 1970The DanceDirector
- 1970TreefallDirector
- 1970Blue MovieDirector
- 1969MigrationDirector
- 1969LandscapeDirector
- 1968Square Inch FieldDirector
- 1967Head/EndDirector
- 1967Know PlaceDirector
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