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

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








