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