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
Justify My Love
Director

Dear Madonna
Director

Freedom from Everything
Director
White Museum
Director

For the Birds
Director

After Drowning
Director

Gramsci’s Notebooks
Director

Letter to Fred
Director

The Central Gesture
Director

Close-Up
Director

I Touched Her Legs remix
Director

Rain
Director

A Boy’s Life
Director

In the Theatre
Director

Mirrors
Director

Farrago
Director

Safety Picture Collection
Director

5 Klesas
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, Camera Operator, Sound, Director

Threshold
Director

Lover Man
Director

Soft Animal Body
Director

Credit Card
Director

Be Your Dog
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

Winter
Director

Birgit Hein
Director

Body Electric
Director

Panic Bodies
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Cinematography

Sugar Maple Stand
Director

In the Cinema
Director

Mexico
Director

Spectator
Director

Aftermath
Director

3 Dreams of Horses
Director

From the Archives of the Red Cross
Director

Colour My World
Director

Introduction to Mountains
Director

Incident Reports
Director

We Make Couples
Director
Scrapbook
Director

Safety Film Collection
Director

Buffalo Death Mask
Director

Forest Walk
Director

Mark
Director

Fascination
Director
Amy
Director

Public Lighting
Director

Imitations of Life
Director, Writer

The Invisible Man
Director

In the Dark
Director
Tom
Director

Damaged
Director

1+1+1
Director

Positiv
Director
Letters From Home
Director

Moucle's Island
Director

Escape in Canada
Director
Escape in Canada
Director
Passing On
Director

Writing
Director

In the City
Director

Glass
Director

In the Future
Director

Jack
Director

Last Thoughts
Director

Portrait
Director

Secret
Director

The Game
Director

Scaling
Director

Imitation of Life
Director

House of Pain
Director

Nursing History
Director, Editor, Sound, Writer

Supernatural Power
Director, Editor, Sound, Writer

Wind
Director

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

The Bed and the Street
Sound, Producer, Director

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

Second Nature
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Sound

Identification
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor

In 1974
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound

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

Citizen Poet
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Sound

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

I Saw Him There
Director, Editor, Sound

Visiting Hours
Editor, Sound, Director, Producer

Tradition
Director

Hiro
Director
Father Auditions
Director

Eternity
Director, Editor, 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








