Mike Hoolboom

Mike Hoolboom

Directing

Born January 1, 1959 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

128 films as director · Active 1986–2024

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 Wh…

Known for

Pensão Globo

Pensão Globo

1997

Hoolboom

Hoolboom

1999

Sleepy Haven

Sleepy Haven

1993

Scattering Stars

Scattering Stars

1994

Faultlines

Faultlines

1998

Vacancy

Vacancy

1999

Buffalo Death Mask

Buffalo Death Mask

2013

All Fall Down

All Fall Down

2009

Directed(128)

Rain

Body Electric

2024Body Electric

White Harlem

2024White Harlem

Nazareth

Winter

Birgit Hein

2023Birgit Hein

Wind

Freedom from Everything

2022Freedom from Everything

The Central Gesture

2022The Central Gesture

Letter to Fred

2022Letter to Fred

Skinship

2022Skinship★ 2.0

Waves

2022How to Watch Pornography

2022New York State of Mind

For the Birds

2021For the Birds

The Guy on the Bed

2021The Guy on the Bed

Haifa

Sundays

Model Citizens

2021Model Citizens

Feeling States

2021Feeling States

Cut

Postcards

Skinned

Ice Cream

2021Soft Landings for Capitalism

202123 Thoughts About My Mother

We Are Islands

2020We Are Islands

Judy Versus Capitalism

2020Judy Versus Capitalism

Zen Basketball

2020Zen Basketball

After Victory Day

2020After Victory Day

Feast

TOUCH Memory (VIETNAM)

2020TOUCH Memory (VIETNAM)

Gramsci’s Notebooks

2019Gramsci’s Notebooks

I Touched Her Legs remix

2019I Touched Her Legs remix

After Drowning

2019After Drowning

Threshold

Be Your Dog

2019Be Your Dog

Lover Man

Soft Animal Body

2019Soft Animal Body

Credit Card

2019Credit Card

27 Thoughts About My Father

201927 Thoughts About My Father

Father Auditions

2019Father Auditions

(S)he Said that

2019(S)he Said that

Language, not territory

2019Language, not territory

A Boy’s Life

2018A Boy’s Life

Lions

Aftermath

Supernatural Power

2018Supernatural Power

2018Introduction to Alchemy

I Saw Him There

2018I Saw Him There

The Bed and the Street

2018The Bed and the Street

After the American Election

2018After the American Election

Instructions for Robots

2018Instructions for Robots

3 Dreams of Horses

20173 Dreams of Horses★ 4.0

Colour My World

2017Colour My World

Spectator

From the Archives of the Red Cross

2017From the Archives of the Red Cross

Nursing History

2017Nursing History

Ghost

Visiting Hours

2017Visiting Hours

In 1974

2017Subway Stops

Citizen Poet

2017Citizen Poet

Identification

2017Identification

Introduction to Mountains

2016Introduction to Mountains

Incident Reports

2016Incident Reports

We Make Couples

2016We Make Couples

Mirrors

Farrago

Safety Picture Collection

2014Safety Picture Collection

Safety Film Collection

2014Safety Film Collection

Second Nature

2014Second Nature

Buffalo Death Mask

2013Buffalo Death Mask

Lacan Palestine

2012Lacan Palestine

Forest Walk

2011Forest Walk

5 Klesas

Mark

2009Mark★ 7.0

Fascination

2006Fascination

In the Theatre

2004In the Theatre

Public Lighting

2004Public Lighting

Glass

Tradition

Hiro

2004Hiro★ 1.5

Rain

In the Dark

2003In the Dark

Imitations of Life

2003Imitations of Life★ 6.7

The Invisible Man

2003The Invisible Man

The Game

Last Thoughts

2003Last Thoughts

Portrait

Imitation of Life

2003Imitation of Life

Writing

In the City

2000In the City

Jack

Secret

Hey Madonna

1999Hey Madonna

Damaged

In My Car

Positiv

Panic Bodies

1998Panic Bodies★ 9.0

In the Future

1998In the Future

Dear Madonna

1996Dear Madonna★ 10.0

1996Letters From Home★ 4.5

Eternity

Moucle's Island

1995Moucle's Island★ 3.3

House of Pain

1995House of Pain★ 3.0

1994Justify My Love

1994Valentine's Day★ 7.0

Frank's Cock

1994Frank's Cock★ 5.2

Escape in Canada

1993Escape in Canada

1993Escape in Canada★ 7.0

1+1+1

Shiteater

In the Cinema

1992In the Cinema

Mexico

1992Mexico★ 5.8

Sugar Maple Stand

1990Sugar Maple Stand

1989Brand★ 10.0

Scaling

1986White Museum

Acting(12)

2022How to Watch PornographyDirector

2017Tales from the Winnipeg Film GroupHimself

2016Land of Not KnowingHimself

2013Buffalo Death MaskHimself

2009All Fall DownHimself

1999VacancyNarrator (voice)

1999HoolboomHimself

1998Faultlines(Voice)

1997Pensão Globo(voice)

1994Scattering Stars

1993Sleepy Haven

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