Mike Hoolboom

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-01-01 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Acting

1998

Faultlines

as (Voice)

1997

Pensão Globo

as (voice)

1999

Vacancy

as Narrator (voice)

2013

2016

2009

All Fall Down

as Himself

1999

Hoolboom

as Himself

Production

1996

Dear Madonna

as Director

1994

Justify My Love

as Director

1986

White Museum

as Director

2021

For the Birds

as Director

2019

2022

2022

Close-Up

as Director

2019

After Drowning

as Director

2022

Letter to Fred

as Director

2015

Mirrors

as Director

2015

Farrago

as Director

2010

5 Klesas

as Director

2003

Rain

as Director

2018

A Boy’s Life

as Director

2004

In the Theatre

as Director

1998

In My Car

as Director

2021

2022

Skinship

as Director

1994

Valentine's Day

as Director

1994

Frank's Cock

as Writer

1994

Frank's Cock

as Camera Operator

1994

Frank's Cock

as Editor

1994

Frank's Cock

as Sound

2019

Threshold

as Director

2019

Be Your Dog

as Director

2019

Lover Man

as Director

2019

Soft Animal Body

as Director

2019

Credit Card

as Director

2020

We Are Islands

as Director

2018

Lions

as Director

2021

Haifa

as Director

2021

Sundays

as Director

2021

Listening

as Director

2021

Model Citizens

as Director

1989

Brand

as Director

2021

Feeling States

as Director

2021

Cut

as Director

1987

Fat Film

as Director

1999

Hey Madonna

as Director

2021

Postcards

as Director

2022

Waves

as Director

2022

2023

Nazareth

as Director

2002

Beacon

as Writer

2021

Skinned

as Screenplay

2024

Rain

as Director

2024

Body Electric

as Director

2023

Winter

as Director

2023

Birgit Hein

as Director

2018

Aftermath

as Director

2003

In the Dark

as Director

1993

Escape in Canada

as Director

1994

Frank's Cock

as Director

1998

Panic Bodies

as Cinematography

2004

Public Lighting

as Director

1998

Positiv

as Director

1998

Panic Bodies

as Director

2017

2017

Colour My World

as Director

2015

Scrapbook

as Director

1998

Passing On

as Director

1999

Damaged

as Director

2003

1998

Panic Bodies

as Screenplay

2017

Spectator

as Director

2011

Forest Walk

as Director

1993

Kanada

as Director

2016

Incident Reports

as Director

2004

Amy

as Director

2009

Mark

as Director

2006

Fascination

as Director

1990

2014

1996

1992

In the Cinema

as Director

2013

2003

2002

Tom

as Director

1993

1+1+1

as Director

1998

Panic Bodies

as Producer

1992

Mexico

as Director

2016

We Make Couples

as Director

1995

Moucle's Island

as Director

2000

In the City

as Director

2001

Writing

as Director

2004

Glass

as Director

2003

The Game

as Director

1998

In the Future

as Director

2000

Jack

as Director

2000

Secret

as Director

2003

Last Thoughts

as Director

2003

Portrait

as Director

2003

1988

Scaling

as Director

1995

House of Pain

as Director

2018

2017

Nursing History

as Director

2023

Wind

as Director

2019

2019

2003

2017

2018

2017

In 1974

as Editor

2017

In 1974

as Sound

2017

Subway Stops

as Cinematography

2018

2017

Identification

as Cinematography

2012

Lacan Palestine

as Producer

2014

Second Nature

as Writer

2017

Ghost

as Editor

2017

Citizen Poet

as Sound

2017

Visiting Hours

as Producer

2017

2012

2017

2017

Ghost

as Producer

2018

2012

Lacan Palestine

as Cinematography

2014

Second Nature

as Editor

2017

Identification

as Producer

2017

Citizen Poet

as Cinematography

2017

In 1974

as Producer

2017

Citizen Poet

as Editor

2018

2017

Subway Stops

as Editor

2018

I Saw Him There

as Director

2018

2014

2017

Ghost

as Director

2017

Ghost

as Cinematography

2018

2017

2017

2017

Visiting Hours

as Director

2017

2012

Lacan Palestine

as Director

2012

2014

Second Nature

as Producer

2017

In 1974

as Director

2018

2014

Second Nature

as Director

2017

Subway Stops

as Producer

2017

Subway Stops

as Director

2017

Citizen Poet

as Director

2018

2017

Identification

as Director

2017

Citizen Poet

as Producer

2012

2017

Ghost

as Sound

2017

Ghost

as Writer

2004

Tradition

as Director

2019

Father Auditions

as Director

2004

Hiro

as Director

1996

Eternity

as Editor

1996

Eternity

as Director

1996

Eternity

as Director of Photography

2020

2019

(S)he Said that

as Director

2020

Zen Basketball

as Director

1999

Hoolboom

as Writer

2020

2020

Feast

as Director

2020

2020

2021

Skinned

as Director

2021

Ice Cream

as Director

1993

Shiteater

as Director

2024

Promises

as Director

2024

Veterans

as Director

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