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
2026
- Body Electric ... (Director)
2024
- Rain ... (Director)
- Promises ... (Director)
- White Harlem ... (Director)
- Veterans ... (Director)
2023
- Wind ... (Director)
- Birgit Hein ... (Director)
- Nazareth ... (Director)
- Winter ... (Director)
2022
- Freedom from Everything ... (Director)
- Close-Up ... (Director)
- New York State of Mind ... (Director)
- Skinship ... (Director)
- Letter to Fred ... (Director)
- The Central Gesture ... (Director)
- Waves ... (Director)
2021
- Haifa ... (Director)
- Soft Landings for Capitalism ... (Director)
- 23 Thoughts About My Mother ... (Director)
- The Guy on the Bed ... (Director)
- Skinned ... (Screenplay)
- Sundays ... (Director)
- Cut ... (Director)
- Feeling States ... (Director)
- Ice Cream ... (Director)
- For the Birds ... (Director)
- Listening ... (Director)
- Model Citizens ... (Director)
- Postcards ... (Director)
2020
- Feast ... (Director)
- Judy Versus Capitalism ... (Director)
- Zen Basketball ... (Director)
- We Are Islands ... (Director)
- After Victory Day ... (Director)
- TOUCH Memory (VIETNAM) ... (Director)
2019
- 27 Thoughts About My Father ... (Director)
- I Touched Her Legs remix ... (Director)
- How to Watch Pornography as Director
- (S)he Said that ... (Director)
- Gramsci’s Notebooks ... (Director)
- Be Your Dog ... (Director)
- Language, not territory ... (Director)
- Credit Card ... (Director)
- After Drowning ... (Director)
- Soft Animal Body ... (Director)
- Threshold ... (Director)
- Father Auditions ... (Director)
- Lover Man ... (Director)
2018
- The Bed and the Street ... (Sound)
- I Saw Him There ... (Sound)
- A Boy’s Life ... (Director)
- After the American Election ... (Cinematography)
- Aftermath ... (Director)
- Lions ... (Director)
- Introduction to Alchemy ... (Director)
- Supernatural Power ... (Director)
- Instructions for Robots ... (Director)
2017
- Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group as Himself
- Subway Stops ... (Director)
- From the Archives of the Red Cross ... (Director)
- 3 Dreams of Horses ... (Director)
- Visiting Hours ... (Producer)
- Identification ... (Cinematography)
- Spectator ... (Director)
- Citizen Poet ... (Producer)
- In 1974 ... (Producer)
- Ghost ... (Director)
- Nursing History ... (Director)
- Colour My World ... (Director)
2016
- Land of Not Knowing as Himself
- Incident Reports ... (Director)
- We Make Couples ... (Director)
- Introduction to Mountains ... (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
- All Fall Down as Himself
- Mark ... (Director)
2006
- Fascination ... (Director)
2004
- Amy ... (Director)
- Tradition ... (Director)
- Glass ... (Director)
- Public Lighting ... (Director)
- In the Theatre ... (Director)
- Hiro ... (Director)
2003
- Imitations of Life ... (Director)
- Rain ... (Director)
- Portrait ... (Director)
- Imitation of Life ... (Director)
- The Invisible Man ... (Director)
- In the Dark ... (Director)
- Last Thoughts ... (Director)
- The Game ... (Director)
2001
- Writing ... (Director)
2000
- Jack ... (Director)
- In the City ... (Director)
- Secret ... (Director)
1999
- Hoolboom as Himself
- Hey Madonna ... (Director)
- Vacancy as Narrator (voice)
- Damaged ... (Director)
1998
- Faultlines as (Voice)
- Panic Bodies ... (Cinematography)
- Positiv ... (Director)
- Passing On ... (Director)
- In the Future ... (Director)
- 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
- Frank's Cock ... (Writer)
- Valentine's Day ... (Director)
- Scattering Stars
- Justify My Love ... (Director)
1993
- Escape in Canada ... (Director)
- Sleepy Haven
- Escape in Canada ... (Director)
- 1+1+1 ... (Director)
- 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)