Deborah Stratman
Directing
Deborah Stratman is a Chicago-based artist and filmmaker interested in landscapes and systems. Her films, rather than telling stories, pose a series of problems – and through their at times ambiguous nature, allow for a complicated reading of the questions being asked. Much of her work points to the relationships between physical environments and the very human struggles for power and control that are played out on the land. Most recently, they have questioned elemental historical narratives about faith, freedom, sonic subterfuge, expansionism and the paranormal. Stratman works in multiple mediums, including sculpture, photography, drawing and audio. She has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitney Biennial, MoMA NY, the Pompidou, Hammer Museum, Witte de With, Walker Art Center, Yerba Buena Center, and has done site-specific projects with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Temporary Services, Mercer Union (Toronto), Blaffer Gallery (Houston), Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (Yukon) and Ballroom Gallery (Marfa). Stratman’s films have been featured at numerous international festivals including Sundance, the Viennale, Full Frame, Ann Arbor, Oberhausen and Rotterdam. She is the recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships, a Creative Capital award, and she currently teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Known for
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movieVever (For Barbara)
2023
Director
movieOtherhood
2023
Director
movieLast Things
2023
Director
movieLaika
2021
Director
movieOptimism
2018
Director
movieXenoi
2016
Director
movieThe Illinois Parables
2016
Director
movieSecond Sighted
2014
Director
movieHacked Circuit
2014
Director
movieImmortal, Suspended
2013
Director
movieThese Blazeing Starrs!
2011
Director
movieFF
2010
Director
movieShrimp Chicken Fish
2010
Director
Ray's Birds
2010
Director
movieO'er the Land
2009
Director
movieThe Magician's House
2007
Director
movieKings of the Sky
2004
Director
movieEnergy Country
2004
Director
movieIn Order Not to Be Here
2002
Director
movieUntied
2001
Director
movieThe BLVD
1999
Director
movieFrom Hetty to Nancy
1997
Director
Susurrati
Director
Hello Ladies
Director
Editing15
movieOtherhood
2023
Editor
movieLast Things
2023
Editor
movieOptimism
2018
Editor
movieSecond Sighted
2014
Editor
movieEnergy Country
2004
Editor
movieThe BLVD
1999
Editor
Sound13
movieOtherhood
2023
Sound Designer
movieOptimism
2018
Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
movieThe Illinois Parables
2016
Sound Designer
movieHacked Circuit
2014
Sound Designer
movieImmortal, Suspended
2013
Sound Designer
movieThe Name is not the Thing named
2010
Sound Designer
movieShrimp Chicken Fish
2010
Sound Designer
Ray's Birds
2010
Sound Editor
movieKings of the Sky
2004
Sound Designer, Sound Recordist
movieIn Order Not to Be Here
2002
Sound Designer, Location Sound Recordist
Camera10
movieOtherhood
2023
Director of Photography
movieLast Things
2023
Director of Photography
movieOptimism
2018
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
movieImmortal, Suspended
2013
Director of Photography
movieThe Name is not the Thing named
2010
Director of Photography
movieShrimp Chicken Fish
2010
Director of Photography
Ray's Birds
2010
Director of Photography
movieKings of the Sky
2004
Director of Photography
movieLos Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Director of Photography
movieIn Order Not to Be Here
2002
Director of Photography
Writing7
movieLast Things
2023
Writer
movieOptimism
2018
Writer
movieThe Illinois Parables
2016
Screenplay
movieHacked Circuit
2014
Writer
movieO'er the Land
2009
Screenplay
movieThe BLVD
1999
Writer
Production6
movieVever (For Barbara)
2023
Producer
movieLast Things
2023
Producer
movieThe Illinois Parables
2016
Producer
Ray's Birds
2010
Producer
movieKings of the Sky
2004
Producer
Hello Ladies
Producer
Crew4
movieThe Illinois Parables
2016
Cinematography
movieEnergy Country
2004
Cinematography
movieThe BLVD
1999
Cinematography