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Mike Hoolboom

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.

Known For

Antigone
Antigone
Faultlines
Faultlines
Pensão Globo
Pensão Globo
Vacancy
Vacancy
Buffalo Death Mask
Buffalo Death Mask
Sleepy Haven
Sleepy Haven
Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group
Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group
Scattering Stars
Scattering Stars
Land of Not Knowing
Land of Not Knowing

Filmography

2022 How to Watch Pornography
as Director
2017 Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group
as Himself
2016 Land of Not Knowing
as Himself
2013 Buffalo Death Mask
as Himself
2009 All Fall Down
as Himself
1999 Vacancy
as Narrator (voice)
1999 Hoolboom
as Himself
1998 Faultlines
as (Voice)
1997 Pensão Globo
as (voice)
1994 Scattering Stars
as
1993 Sleepy Haven
as
1990 Antigone
as