Mike Hoolboom

Mike Hoolboom

b. 1959 (age 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Director Writer

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

Filmography

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Waves
2023 Director Writer Cinematographer
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Uber
2023 Self Director Writer
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Disco
2023 Director Writer
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Witches and the Origins of Capitalism
2023 Director Writer
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Wind
2023 Director
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How to Watch Pornography
2022 Director
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Cut
2021 Self Director Writer
Judy Versus Capitalism
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★ 6.9
Judy Versus Capitalism
2020 Director Writer Cinematographer
27 Thoughts About My Father
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27 Thoughts About My Father
2019 Director Writer Cinematographer
The Bed and the Street
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The Bed and the Street
2019 Director
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★ 6.4
Land of Not Knowing
2017 Self
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We Make Couples
2016 Director Writer
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Incident Reports
2016 Director
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★ 6.3
Scrapbook
2015 Director
Buffalo Death Mask
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★ 6.3
Buffalo Death Mask
2013 Actor Director Writer
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★ 5.9
Lacan Palestine
2012 Director Writer Cinematographer
Blinding
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Blinding
2011 Cinematographer
Mark
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Mark
2010 Director Writer
All Fall Down
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★ 7.0
All Fall Down
2009 Actor
Fascination
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★ 5.8
Fascination
2006 Director Writer Cinematographer
Public Lighting
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★ 6.3
Public Lighting
2004 Director Writer Cinematographer
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Amy
2004 Director Writer
Imitations of Life
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★ 7.1
Imitations of Life
2003 Director Writer Cinematographer
Tom
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Tom
2002 Director Cinematographer
Beacon
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Beacon
2002 Writer
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In the City
2001 Director
Pensão Globo
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★ 7.0
Pensão Globo
1999 Actor
Vacancy
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★ 6.3
Vacancy
1999 Actor
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Hoolboom
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Hoolboom
1999 Actor Writer
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★ 7.0
Panic Bodies
1998 Director Writer Cinematographer
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Passing On
1998 Director
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In the Future
1998 Director
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★ 7.6
Letters from Home
1996 Director Cinematographer
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★ 7.7
Shooting Blanks
1996 Director
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Carnival 3
1996 Director
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Away
1996 Writer
Moucle's Island
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Moucle's Island
1996 Director
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Dear Madonna
1996 Director
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Sorrow
1996 Director
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Manhunt
1996 Director
House of Pain
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★ 3.0
House of Pain
1995 Director Writer Cinematographer
Frank's Cock
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★ 7.3
Frank's Cock
1994 Director Writer
Scattering Stars
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★ 5.5
Scattering Stars
1994 Actor
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★ 6.2
Valentine's Day
1994 Director Writer
Sleepy Haven
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★ 7.0
Sleepy Haven
1993 Actor
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★ 5.7
Kanada
1993 Actor Director Writer
The Newscaster
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★ 7.0
One Plus One
1993 Director
Mexico
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Mexico
1992 Director Writer Cinematographer
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Careful Breaking
1992 Director
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Not Mexico
1992 Director
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Red Shift
1991 Director
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Two
1990 Director
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Was
1989 Director
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Brand
1989 Director
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Svetlana
1988 Director Writer Cinematographer
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White Museum
1986 Director
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The Big Show
1984 Director
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Now, Yours
1982 Director
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Song for a Mixed Choir
1980 Director