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