
Mike Hoolboom
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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.
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Body Electric
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Rain
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Promises
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Veterans
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White Harlem
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Nazareth
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Winter
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Birgit Hein
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Wind
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Freedom from Everything
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Letter to Fred
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Close-Up
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The Central Gesture
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Skinship
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Waves
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New York State of Mind
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For the Birds
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The Guy on the Bed
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Haifa
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Sundays
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Listening
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Model Citizens
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Feeling States
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Cut
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Postcards
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Skinned
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Ice Cream
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Soft Landings for Capitalism
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23 Thoughts About My Mother
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We Are Islands
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Judy Versus Capitalism
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Zen Basketball
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After Victory Day
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Feast
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TOUCH Memory (VIETNAM)
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After Drowning
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Gramsci’s Notebooks
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I Touched Her Legs remix
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Lover Man
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Be Your Dog
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Soft Animal Body
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Threshold
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Credit Card
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How to Watch Pornography
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27 Thoughts About My Father
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Father Auditions
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(S)he Said that
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Language, not territory
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A Boy’s Life
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Lions
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Aftermath
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Supernatural Power
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Introduction to Alchemy
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After the American Election
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I Saw Him There
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The Bed and the Street
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Instructions for Robots
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From the Archives of the Red Cross
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Spectator
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3 Dreams of Horses
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Colour My World
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Nursing History
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Identification
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Ghost
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In 1974
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Citizen Poet
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Subway Stops
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Visiting Hours
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Incident Reports
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We Make Couples
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Introduction to Mountains
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Mirrors
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Farrago
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Scrapbook
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Safety Picture Collection
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Safety Film Collection
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Second Nature
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Buffalo Death Mask
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Lacan Palestine
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Forest Walk
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5 Klesas
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Mark
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Fascination
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In the Theatre
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Amy
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Public Lighting
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Glass
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Hiro
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Tradition
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Rain
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Imitations of Life
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In the Dark
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The Invisible Man
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The Game
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Imitation of Life
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Last Thoughts
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Portrait
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Tom
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Writing
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In the City
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Jack
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Secret
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Hey Madonna
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Damaged
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In My Car
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Positiv
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Panic Bodies
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Passing On
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In the Future
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Dear Madonna
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Letters From Home
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Eternity
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Moucle's Island
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House of Pain
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Justify My Love
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Valentine's Day
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Frank's Cock
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1+1+1
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Escape in Canada
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Escape in Canada
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Shiteater
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Mexico
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In the Cinema
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Sugar Maple Stand
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Brand
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Scaling
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Fat Film
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White Museum
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