Marie Losier

Biography

Marie Losier (born in 1972 in France) is a filmmaker and curator currently working in New York City. Losier’s films and videos have been exhibited at museums, galleries, biennials and festivals. She studied literature at the University of Nanterre in France and then pursued her studies at Fine Art in New York City. She has done multiple film portraits on various avant-garde directors, musicians and composers such as Mike and George Kuchar, Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman, Tony Conrad and Genesis P-Orridge. Losier’s unconventional, lyrical and whimsical work explores the life and work of these artists. Her films are shown at films festivals and museums, such as The Tate Modern, the Whitney Biennial, PS1, MOMA, The Berlin Film Festival, The International Film Festival Rotterdam, Tribeca Film Festival, The Cinémathèqhe Française and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. Losier started working on her first feature film 5 years ago, in which she captures the life of the musical virtuoso Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and her band Psychic TV. Her unfinished work was presented at The Centre George Pompidou in 2009 to open ‘Hors Pistes’ as well as at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris. She curren…

Directed

1. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012) — Director
2. Cassandro the Exotico! (2018) — Director
3. Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas (2014) — Director
4. Felix in Wonderland (2019) — Director
5. Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist (2008) — Director
6. Alan Vega: Just a Million Dreams (2014) — Director
7. Here in Lisbon (2015) — Director
8. Bird, Bath and Beyond (2004) — Director
9. Electrocute Your Stars (2004) — Director
10. Which Is Witch ? (2020) — Director
11. Barking in the Dark (2025) — Director
12. Hermaphrodite (2014) — Director
13. The Passion of Joan of Arc (2001) — Director
14. Cet air-là (2010) — Director
15. Peaches Goes Bananas (2025) — Director
16. Lunch Break on the Xerox Machine (2003) — Director
17. Download Yourself — Director
18. Orlan meets Genesis — Director
19. Electric Storm: 100 Years of Theremin (2020) — Director
20. How to Fold a Green Screen — Director
21. Miniature Houses of Chicago Museum of Modern Art — Director
22. Hellooo George from Wherever You Are! A Wink to the Sky — Director
23. Experiments in Terror 3 (2009) — Director
24. Taxidermize Me (2021) — Director
25. Bearded Birds (2022) — Director
26. Snow Beard (2010) — Director
27. L'oiseau de la nuit (2015) — Director
28. Manuelle Labor (2007) — Director
29. Eat My Makeup! (2010) — Director
30. The Touch Retouched (2002) — Director
31. The Ontological Cowboy (2005) — Director
32. Flying Saucey! (2006) — Director
33. Byun, Objet trouvé (2012) — Director
34. The Blessing of the Animals (2003) — Director
35. Slap The Gondola! (2009) — Director
36. Peaches and Jesper Are On A Boat, Who Stays Afloat? (2013) — Director
37. Waltz Me Trust Me (2016) — Director
38. Paradox (2013) — Director
39. Draw Me Now (2018) — Director
40. Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Return of Tragedy (2020) — Drunken Woman
2. The Prayers of Cupie LaRue (2005)
3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (2001)
4. Burnout (2003)
5. Manuelle Labor (2007)
6. Eat My Makeup! (2010)
7. Paradox (2013) — Herself
8. How to Fold a Green Screen
9. Extra Ultra Super Gal (2024) — Madam Mattress