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

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