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.
Cast
Crew

Dear Madonna
Director
Justify My Love
Director

Freedom from Everything
Director
White Museum
Director

For the Birds
Director

Gramsci’s Notebooks
Director

The Central Gesture
Director

I Touched Her Legs remix
Director

Close-Up
Director

After Drowning
Director

Letter to Fred
Director

Safety Picture Collection
Director

Mirrors
Director

Farrago
Director

5 Klesas
Director

Rain
Director

A Boy’s Life
Director

In the Theatre
Director

In My Car
Director

The Guy on the Bed
Director

Skinship
Director
Valentine's Day
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

Frank's Cock
Writer, Camera Operator, Editor, Sound, Director

Threshold
Director

Be Your Dog
Director

Lover Man
Director

Soft Animal Body
Director

Credit Card
Director

We Are Islands
Director

Lions
Director

Haifa
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

Body Electric
Director

Winter
Director

Birgit Hein
Director

Aftermath
Director

In the Dark
Director

Escape in Canada
Director

Panic Bodies
Cinematography, Director, Screenplay, Producer

Public Lighting
Director

Positiv
Director

3 Dreams of Horses
Director

Colour My World
Director
Scrapbook
Director
Passing On
Director

Damaged
Director

Introduction to Mountains
Director

Imitations of Life
Director, Writer

Spectator
Director

Forest Walk
Director
Escape in Canada
Director

Incident Reports
Director
Amy
Director

Mark
Director

Fascination
Director

Sugar Maple Stand
Director

Safety Film Collection
Director
Letters From Home
Director

In the Cinema
Director

From the Archives of the Red Cross
Director

Buffalo Death Mask
Director

The Invisible Man
Director
Tom
Director

1+1+1
Director

Mexico
Director

We Make Couples
Director

Moucle's Island
Director

In the City
Director

Writing
Director

Glass
Director

The Game
Director

In the Future
Director

Jack
Director

Secret
Director

Last Thoughts
Director

Portrait
Director

Imitation of Life
Director

Scaling
Director

House of Pain
Director

Supernatural Power
Director, Editor, Writer, Sound

Nursing History
Director, Sound, Writer, Editor

Wind
Director

27 Thoughts About My Father
Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Director
Introduction to Alchemy
Director

The Bed and the Street
Sound, Producer, Director

In 1974
Editor, Sound, Producer, Director
Subway Stops
Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Director

After the American Election
Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Sound, Director

Identification
Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Director

Lacan Palestine
Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Director, Sound, Writer

Second Nature
Writer, Editor, Sound, Producer, Director

Ghost
Editor, Producer, Director, Cinematography, Sound, Writer

Citizen Poet
Sound, Cinematography, Editor, Director, Producer

Visiting Hours
Producer, Editor, Sound, Director

I Saw Him There
Sound, Director, Editor

Tradition
Director
Father Auditions
Director

Hiro
Director

Eternity
Editor, Director, Director of Photography

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








