Mike Hoolboom
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing128
Veterans
2024
Director
Promises
2024
Director
movieWhite Harlem
2024
Director
movieRain
2024
Director
movieBody Electric
2024
Director
movieNazareth
2023
Director
movieBirgit Hein
2023
Director
movieWinter
2023
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movieWind
2023
Director
movieClose-Up
2022
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movieThe Central Gesture
2022
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movieWaves
2022
Director
movieSkinship
2022
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movieLetter to Fred
2022
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movieFreedom from Everything
2022
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moviePostcards
2021
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movieModel Citizens
2021
Director
Listening
2021
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movieThe Guy on the Bed
2021
Director
movieCut
2021
Director
movieFor the Birds
2021
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movieFeeling States
2021
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movieIce Cream
2021
Director
movieSkinned
2021
Director
movieHaifa
2021
Director
movieSundays
2021
Director
movieWe Are Islands
2020
Director
movieTOUCH Memory (VIETNAM)
2020
Director
movieFeast
2020
Director
movieZen Basketball
2020
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movieAfter Victory Day
2020
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movieJudy Versus Capitalism
2020
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movieLanguage, not territory
2019
Director
movieGramsci’s Notebooks
2019
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movie(S)he Said that
2019
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movieAfter Drowning
2019
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movieFather Auditions
2019
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movieLover Man
2019
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movieBe Your Dog
2019
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movieSoft Animal Body
2019
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movieThreshold
2019
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movieCredit Card
2019
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movieSupernatural Power
2018
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movieThe Bed and the Street
2018
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movieLions
2018
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movieI Saw Him There
2018
Director
movieInstructions for Robots
2018
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movieA Boy’s Life
2018
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movieAftermath
2018
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movie3 Dreams of Horses
2017
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movieGhost
2017
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movieCitizen Poet
2017
Director
movieNursing History
2017
Director
movieVisiting Hours
2017
Director
movieSpectator
2017
Director
movieColour My World
2017
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movieIdentification
2017
Director
movieIn 1974
2017
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movieIncident Reports
2016
Director
movieWe Make Couples
2016
Director
movieMirrors
2015
Director
movieFarrago
2015
Director
Scrapbook
2015
Director
movieSecond Nature
2014
Director
movieSafety Film Collection
2014
Director
movieBuffalo Death Mask
2013
Director
movieLacan Palestine
2012
Director
movieForest Walk
2011
Director
movie5 Klesas
2010
Director
movieMark
2009
Director
movieFascination
2006
Director
Amy
2004
Director
movieIn the Theatre
2004
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moviePublic Lighting
2004
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movieGlass
2004
Director
movieHiro
2004
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movieTradition
2004
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movieImitations of Life
2003
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movieRain
2003
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movieIn the Dark
2003
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movieThe Invisible Man
2003
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movieThe Game
2003
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movieImitation of Life
2003
Director
movieLast Thoughts
2003
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moviePortrait
2003
Director
Tom
2002
Director
movieWriting
2001
Director
movieIn the City
2000
Director
movieJack
2000
Director
movieSecret
2000
Director
movieHey Madonna
1999
Director
movieDamaged
1999
Director
moviePanic Bodies
1998
Director
Passing On
1998
Director
movieIn My Car
1998
Director
moviePositiv
1998
Director
movieIn the Future
1998
Director
movieEternity
1996
Director
movieDear Madonna
1996
Director
movieMoucle's Island
1995
Director
movieHouse of Pain
1995
Director
movieFrank's Cock
1994
Director
movie1+1+1
1993
Director
movieEscape in Canada
1993
Director
movieShiteater
1993
Director
movieMexico
1992
Director
movieIn the Cinema
1992
Director
movieSugar Maple Stand
1990
Director
Brand
1989
Director
movieScaling
1988
Director
Fat Film
1987
Director
Editing17
movieI Saw Him There
2018
Editor
movieGhost
2017
Editor
movieCitizen Poet
2017
Editor
movieNursing History
2017
Editor
movieVisiting Hours
2017
Editor
movieIdentification
2017
Editor
movieIn 1974
2017
Editor
movieSecond Nature
2014
Editor
movieLacan Palestine
2012
Editor
movieEternity
1996
Editor
movieFrank's Cock
1994
Editor
Production14
movieTOUCH Memory (VIETNAM)
2020
Producer
movieThe Bed and the Street
2018
Producer
movieCitizen Poet
2017
Producer
movieGhost
2017
Producer
movieVisiting Hours
2017
Producer
movieIdentification
2017
Producer
movieIn 1974
2017
Producer
movieSecond Nature
2014
Producer
movieLacan Palestine
2012
Producer
moviePanic Bodies
1998
Producer
Sound13
Acting12
movieLand of Not Knowing
2016
Himself
movieBuffalo Death Mask
2013
Himself
movieAll Fall Down
2009
Himself
movieVacancy
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieHoolboom
1999
Himself
movieFaultlines
1998
(Voice)
moviePensão Globo
1997
(voice)
Writing12
movieSkinned
2021
Screenplay
movieGhost
2017
Writer
movieNursing History
2017
Writer
movieSecond Nature
2014
Writer
movieLacan Palestine
2012
Writer
movieBeacon
2002
Writer
movieHoolboom
1999
Writer
moviePanic Bodies
1998
Screenplay
movieFrank's Cock
1994
Writer
Crew8
movie27 Thoughts About My Father
2019
Cinematography
movieAfter the American Election
2018
Cinematography
movieGhost
2017
Cinematography
movieCitizen Poet
2017
Cinematography
movieIdentification
2017
Cinematography
Subway Stops
2017
Cinematography
movieLacan Palestine
2012
Cinematography
moviePanic Bodies
1998
Cinematography
Camera2
movieEternity
1996
Director of Photography
movieFrank's Cock
1994
Camera Operator