Mike Hoolboom

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.

Crew

Dear Madonna
Director
Justify My Love
Director
Freedom from Everything
Director
White Museum
Director
For the Birds
Director
Letter to Fred
Director
After Drowning
Director
Close-Up
Director
The Central Gesture
Director
Gramsci’s Notebooks
Director
I Touched Her Legs remix
Director
In the Theatre
Director
Rain
Director
A Boy’s Life
Director
Mirrors
Director
Farrago
Director
5 Klesas
Director
Safety Picture Collection
Director
In My Car
Director
The Guy on the Bed
Director
Skinship
Director
Valentine's Day
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Frank's Cock
Writer, Editor, Sound, Camera Operator, Director
Lover Man
Director
Be Your Dog
Director
Soft Animal Body
Director
Threshold
Director
Credit Card
Director
Haifa
Director
Lions
Director
We Are Islands
Director
Sundays
Director
Listening
Director
Model Citizens
Director
Brand
Director
Feeling States
Director
Cut
Director
Fat Film
Director
Hey Madonna
Director
Postcards
Director
Waves
Director
How to Watch Pornography
Director
New York State of Mind
Director
Nazareth
Director
Beacon
Writer
Skinned
Screenplay, Director
Rain
Director
Winter
Director
Birgit Hein
Director
Body Electric
Director
Buffalo Death Mask
Director
Mexico
Director
Mark
Director
Imitations of Life
Director, Writer
Damaged
Director
Moucle's Island
Director
Panic Bodies
Cinematography, Screenplay, Producer, Director
From the Archives of the Red Cross
Director
Incident Reports
Director
Safety Film Collection
Director
1+1+1
Director
In the Dark
Director
Spectator
Director
The Invisible Man
Director
In the Cinema
Director
Amy
Director
We Make Couples
Director
Tom
Director
Positiv
Director
Escape in Canada
Director
Fascination
Director
Public Lighting
Director
Sugar Maple Stand
Director
Introduction to Mountains
Director
Scrapbook
Director
Passing On
Director
Letters From Home
Director
3 Dreams of Horses
Director
Forest Walk
Director
Aftermath
Director
Colour My World
Director
Escape in Canada
Director
Glass
Director
In the City
Director
Writing
Director
Jack
Director
In the Future
Director
Secret
Director
Scaling
Director
The Game
Director
Imitation of Life
Director
Last Thoughts
Director
Portrait
Director
House of Pain
Director
Nursing History
Director, Sound, Editor, Writer
Supernatural Power
Director, Sound, Editor, Writer
Wind
Director
27 Thoughts About My Father
Director, Sound Designer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
Introduction to Alchemy
Director
The Bed and the Street
Sound, Producer, Director
Identification
Cinematography, Director, Producer, Editor
Lacan Palestine
Writer, Editor, Sound, Cinematography, Director, Producer
In 1974
Producer, Sound, Editor, Director
Second Nature
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound
Ghost
Director, Sound, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
Citizen Poet
Producer, Director, Sound, Cinematography, Editor
Subway Stops
Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor
After the American Election
Cinematography, Director, Editor, Producer, Sound
I Saw Him There
Sound, Editor, Director
Visiting Hours
Producer, Sound, Editor, Director
Hiro
Director
Father Auditions
Director
Tradition
Director
Eternity
Director of Photography, Director, Editor
Judy Versus Capitalism
Director
(S)he Said that
Director
Instructions for Robots
Director
Zen Basketball
Director
Hoolboom
Writer
After Victory Day
Director
Feast
Director
TOUCH Memory (VIETNAM)
Director, Producer
Language, not territory
Director
Ice Cream
Director
Shiteater
Director
Soft Landings for Capitalism
Director
Promises
Director
Veterans
Director
White Harlem
Director
23 Thoughts About My Mother
Director, Editor