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.
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★ 3.5
Waves
2023 Director
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Uber
2023 Self
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Disco
2023 Director
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Witches and the Origins of Capitalism
2023 Director
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Wind
2023 Director
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How to Watch Pornography
2022 Director
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Cut
2021 Self
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★ 6.9
Judy Versus Capitalism
2020 Director
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27 Thoughts About My Father
2019 Director
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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
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Incident Reports
2016 Director
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★ 6.3
Scrapbook
2015 Director
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★ 6.3
Buffalo Death Mask
2013 Actor
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★ 5.9
Lacan Palestine
2012 Director
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★ 7.9
Blinding
2011 Cinematographer
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Mark
2010 Director
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★ 7.0
All Fall Down
2009 Actor
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★ 5.8
Fascination
2006 Director
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★ 6.3
Public Lighting
2004 Director
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Amy
2004 Director
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★ 7.1
Imitations of Life
2003 Director
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★ 6.8
Tom
2002 Director
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★ 6.6
Beacon
2002 Writer
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In the City
2001 Director
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★ 7.0
Pensão Globo
1999 Actor
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★ 6.3
Vacancy
1999 Actor
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Hoolboom
1999 Actor
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★ 7.0
Panic Bodies
1998 Director
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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
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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
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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
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★ 3.0
House of Pain
1995 Director
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★ 7.3
Frank's Cock
1994 Director
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★ 5.5
Scattering Stars
1994 Actor
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★ 6.2
Valentine's Day
1994 Director
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★ 7.0
Sleepy Haven
1993 Actor
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★ 5.7
Kanada
1993 Actor
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The Newscaster
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★ 7.0
One Plus One
1993 Director
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★ 6.8
Mexico
1992 Director
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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
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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