Marie Losier
Born: 1972-01-01 in Boulogne Billancourt, France
Known For: Directing
Biography
Marie Losier (born in 1972 in France) is a filmmaker and curator currently working in New York City. Losier’s films and videos have been exhibited at museums, galleries, biennials and festivals. She studied literature at the University of Nanterre in France and then pursued her studies at Fine Art in New York City. She has done multiple film portraits on various avant-garde directors, musicians and composers such as Mike and George Kuchar, Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman, Tony Conrad and Genesis P-Orridge. Losier’s unconventional, lyrical and whimsical work explores the life and work of these artists. Her films are shown at films festivals and museums, such as The Tate Modern, the Whitney Biennial, PS1, MOMA, The Berlin Film Festival, The International Film Festival Rotterdam, Tribeca Film Festival, The Cinémathèqhe Française and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. Losier started working on her first feature film 5 years ago, in which she captures the life of the musical virtuoso Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and her band Psychic TV. Her unfinished work was presented at The Centre George Pompidou in 2009 to open ‘Hors Pistes’ as well as at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris. She currently lives and works in New York and is film curator at the Alliance Française since 2000, where she presents a weekly film series. While working at the Alliance Française, she has hosted many directors and artists, such as Raoul Coutard, William Klein, Claire Denis, Chantal Akerman, Jane Birkin, and Jeanne Moreau. She also programmed experimental films at the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema and Ocularis and today programs and bring experimental films series in Europe and all over in the States.
Filmography
2025
- Peaches Goes Bananas ... (Director)
- Barking in the Dark ... (Director)
2024
- Extra Ultra Super Gal as Madam Mattress
2022
- Bearded Birds ... (Director)
2021
- Taxidermize Me ... (Director)
2020
- Which Is Witch ? ... (Director)
- Electric Storm: 100 Years of Theremin ... (Director)
- The Return of Tragedy as Drunken Woman
2019
- Felix in Wonderland ... (Director)
2018
- Cassandro the Exotico! ... (Director)
- Draw Me Now ... (Director)
2016
- Waltz Me Trust Me ... (Director)
2015
- L'oiseau de la nuit ... (Director)
- Here in Lisbon ... (Director)
2014
- Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas ... (Producer)
- Alan Vega: Just a Million Dreams ... (Director)
- Hermaphrodite ... (Director)
2013
- Paradox as Herself
- Peaches and Jesper Are On A Boat, Who Stays Afloat? ... (Director)
2012
- The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye ... (Director)
- Byun, Objet trouvé ... (Director)
2010
- Eat My Makeup!
- Snow Beard ... (Director)
- Cet air-là ... (Director)
2009
- Experiments in Terror 3 ... (Director)
- Slap The Gondola! ... (Director)
2008
- Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers ... (Director)
- Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist ... (Director)
2007
2006
- Flying Saucey! ... (Director)
2005
- The Prayers of Cupie LaRue
- The Ontological Cowboy ... (Director)
2004
- Electrocute Your Stars ... (Director)
- Bird, Bath and Beyond ... (Director)
2003
- Burnout
- Lunch Break on the Xerox Machine ... (Director)
- The Blessing of the Animals ... (Director)
2002
- The Touch Retouched ... (Director)