David Rimmer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 20, 1942
- Died
- January 27, 2023 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, Canada
Biography
Internationally celebrated filmmaker David Rimmer has over 25 experimental and documentary film and video productions to his credit. Throughout his prolific career, he has worked primarily in film, video and photography with his expertise extending to a variety of other media. His multi-faceted background includes working in performance, sound, sculpture, holography and dance. His experience as a performer with Yvonne Rainer's company in New York city left Rimmer uniquely qualified to produce such work as "Roadshow" and "Sisyphus," which feature dance as a medium of expression. Widely considered to be a key contributor to the emergence of film as an art form, Rimmer's innovation has led to much acclaim. born in Vancouver in 1942, David Rimmer has spent most of his life in his native city with brief periods in New York (1970-72) and Europe (1973). In addition to his provocative work as an artist, he is an instructor in the film and video program at Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
Known For
Filmography
Collective
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An Eye for an Eye
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Gathering Storm
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On the Road to Kandahar
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Jack Wise: Language of the Brush
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Codes of Conduct
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Local Knowledge
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Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the Mouse
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Roadshow
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As Seen on TV
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Along the Road to Altamira
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Sisyphus
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Bricolage
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Shades of Red
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Narrows Inlet
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Al Neil: A Portrait
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Canadian Pacific II
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Canadian Pacific I
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Watching for the Queen
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Fracture
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Real Italian Pizza
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Seashore
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Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper
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Surfacing on the Thames
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Blue Movie
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Treefall
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The Dance
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Migration
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Landscape
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Square Inch Field
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Head/End
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Know Place
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