Mike Hoolboom

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Frank's Cock (1994) — Director
2. Mexico (1992) — Director
3. Letters From Home (1996) — Director
4. Imitations of Life (2003) — Director
5. Tom (2002) — Director
6. Moucle's Island (1995) — Director
7. House of Pain (1995) — Director
8. Escape in Canada (1993) — Director
9. Dear Madonna (1996) — Director
10. Skinship (2022) — Director
11. Valentine's Day (1994) — Director
12. Brand (1989) — Director
13. Panic Bodies (1998) — Director
14. Mark (2009) — Director
15. Hiro (2004) — Director
16. Justify My Love (1994) — Director
17. Freedom from Everything (2022) — Director
18. White Museum (1986) — Director
19. For the Birds (2021) — Director
20. After Drowning (2019) — Director
21. Gramsci’s Notebooks (2019) — Director
22. Letter to Fred (2022) — Director
23. The Central Gesture (2022) — Director
24. Close-Up (2022) — Director
25. I Touched Her Legs remix (2019) — Director
26. Rain (2003) — Director
27. A Boy’s Life (2018) — Director
28. In the Theatre (2004) — Director
29. Mirrors (2015) — Director
30. Farrago (2015) — Director
31. Safety Picture Collection (2014) — Director
32. 5 Klesas (2010) — Director
33. In My Car (1998) — Director
34. The Guy on the Bed (2021) — Director
35. Threshold (2019) — Director
36. Lover Man (2019) — Director
37. Soft Animal Body (2019) — Director
38. Credit Card (2019) — Director
39. Be Your Dog (2019) — Director
40. We Are Islands (2020) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Sleepy Haven (1993)
2. Pensão Globo (1997) — (voice)
3. Vacancy (1999) — Narrator (voice)
4. Scattering Stars (1994)
5. How to Watch Pornography (2022) — Director
6. Faultlines (1998) — (Voice)
7. Antigone (1990)
8. All Fall Down (2009) — Himself
9. Land of Not Knowing (2016) — Himself
10. Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group (2017) — Himself
11. Buffalo Death Mask (2013) — Himself
12. Hoolboom (1999) — Himself