Mike Hoolboom
Born: 1959-01-01 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
- Rain ... (Director)
- Promises ... (Director)
- Body Electric ... (Director)
- Veterans ... (Director)
- White Harlem ... (Director)
2023
- Wind ... (Director)
- Winter ... (Director)
- Birgit Hein ... (Director)
- Nazareth ... (Director)
2022
- Freedom from Everything ... (Director)
- Close-Up ... (Director)
- Waves ... (Director)
- The Central Gesture ... (Director)
- New York State of Mind ... (Director)
- Skinship ... (Director)
- How to Watch Pornography as Director
- Letter to Fred ... (Director)
2021
- Skinned ... (Screenplay)
- The Guy on the Bed ... (Director)
- Ice Cream ... (Director)
- Haifa ... (Director)
- For the Birds ... (Director)
- Cut ... (Director)
- Feeling States ... (Director)
- Listening ... (Director)
- Model Citizens ... (Director)
- Sundays ... (Director)
- Soft Landings for Capitalism ... (Director)
- Postcards ... (Director)
- 23 Thoughts About My Mother ... (Director)
2020
- Feast ... (Director)
- Zen Basketball ... (Director)
- We Are Islands ... (Director)
- Judy Versus Capitalism ... (Director)
- TOUCH Memory (VIETNAM) ... (Director)
- After Victory Day ... (Director)
2019
- After Drowning ... (Director)
- Lover Man ... (Director)
- Credit Card ... (Director)
- Language, not territory ... (Director)
- Soft Animal Body ... (Director)
- Father Auditions ... (Director)
- Gramsci’s Notebooks ... (Director)
- Be Your Dog ... (Director)
- Threshold ... (Director)
- (S)he Said that ... (Director)
- I Touched Her Legs remix ... (Director)
- 27 Thoughts About My Father ... (Director)
2018
- Supernatural Power ... (Director)
- I Saw Him There ... (Director)
- After the American Election ... (Director)
- A Boy’s Life ... (Director)
- The Bed and the Street ... (Sound)
- Introduction to Alchemy ... (Director)
- Instructions for Robots ... (Director)
- Aftermath ... (Director)
- Lions ... (Director)
2017
- Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group as Himself
- Spectator ... (Director)
- 3 Dreams of Horses ... (Director)
- Visiting Hours ... (Editor)
- Citizen Poet ... (Director)
- Ghost ... (Director)
- Nursing History ... (Director)
- Subway Stops ... (Director)
- In 1974 ... (Director)
- Colour My World ... (Director)
- Identification ... (Director)
- From the Archives of the Red Cross ... (Director)
2016
- Incident Reports ... (Director)
- We Make Couples ... (Director)
- Introduction to Mountains ... (Director)
- Land of Not Knowing as Himself
2014
- Second Nature ... (Director)
- Safety Film Collection ... (Director)
- Safety Picture Collection ... (Director)
2013
- Buffalo Death Mask as Himself
2012
- Lacan Palestine ... (Director)
2011
- Forest Walk ... (Director)
2010
- 5 Klesas ... (Director)
2009
- All Fall Down as Himself
- Mark ... (Director)
2006
- Fascination ... (Director)
2004
- Amy ... (Director)
- Glass ... (Director)
- Public Lighting ... (Director)
- Tradition ... (Director)
- In the Theatre ... (Director)
- Hiro ... (Director)
2003
- Rain ... (Director)
- Last Thoughts ... (Director)
- Portrait ... (Director)
- Imitations of Life ... (Director)
- Imitation of Life ... (Director)
- The Invisible Man ... (Director)
- In the Dark ... (Director)
- The Game ... (Director)
2001
- Writing ... (Director)
2000
- In the City ... (Director)
- Jack ... (Director)
- Secret ... (Director)
1999
- Hoolboom as Himself
- Hey Madonna ... (Director)
- Vacancy as Narrator (voice)
- Damaged ... (Director)
1998
- Faultlines as (Voice)
- Panic Bodies ... (Screenplay)
- Passing On ... (Director)
- In the Future ... (Director)
- Positiv ... (Director)
- In My Car ... (Director)
1997
- Pensão Globo as (voice)
1996
- Letters From Home ... (Director)
- Eternity ... (Director)
- Dear Madonna ... (Director)
1995
- House of Pain ... (Director)
- Moucle's Island ... (Director)
1994
- Frank's Cock ... (Writer)
- Scattering Stars
- Valentine's Day ... (Director)
- Justify My Love ... (Director)
1993
- Escape in Canada ... (Director)
- Sleepy Haven
- Shiteater ... (Director)
- 1+1+1 ... (Director)
- Escape in Canada ... (Director)
1992
- Mexico ... (Director)
- In the Cinema ... (Director)
1990
- Sugar Maple Stand ... (Director)
- Antigone
1989
- Brand ... (Director)
1988
- Scaling ... (Director)
1987
- Fat Film ... (Director)
1986
- White Museum ... (Director)