François Miron

Biography

François Miron (born 1962) is a French-Canadian experimental filmmaker also working in documentary and fiction. He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1990 (he received a full merit scholarship). Miron started making Super-8 Collage films in 1982, inspired by the cut-up technique William S. Burroughs, soon shifting to 16mm and 35mm. His early body of work consists of found footage manipulation through optical printing and abstract cinematography of industrial landscapes. His abstract work has lately been shifting into more "traditional" narrative cinema and documentary, although a strong psychedelic and surreal influence still is present. Miron still makes short experimental films while working on his feature films or in between them. Most of his films have been exhibited worldwide and have won several awards. His early films are in the tradition of Pat O'Neill who was the pioneer of experimental optical printing films in the 1960s and 1970s and is still active to this day. Other links have been made to Paul Sharits, Stan Brakhage, Norman McLaren and in painting to Jackson Pollock. Since 1993, François M…

Directed

1. Paul Sharits (2015) — Director
2. The 4th Life (2008) — Director
3. What Ignites Me, Extinguishes Me (1990) — Director
4. Hymn To Pan (2007) — Director
5. The Gap in the Curtain (1989) — Director
6. Dismal Universal Hiss (1988) — Director
7. Collapse I (1996) — Director
8. 4x Horizontal, 4x Vertical (1986) — Director
9. The Evil Surprise (1994) — Director
10. The Ultraworld (1997) — Director
11. La Poursuite de l'Art (1999) — Director
12. Crepitus (2008) — Director
13. Resolving Power (2001) — Director
14. Kick That Habit Man (1988) — Director
15. chirurgie optique (1987) — Director
16. The Square Root of Negative Three (1991) — Director
17. Hydromorphone 8mg (2009) — Director