Vanessa Renwick

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

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Birthday

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Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Vanessa Renwick

Biography

Vanessa Olivia Renwick is a non-binary artist of Scottish and German descent, born on the traditional and unceded territory of the Illiniwek in what is now known as Chicago, Illinois. They live and work as an uninvited guest on the traditional territory of the Chinookan peoples, now known as Portland, Oregon. Often focusing their lens on nature, freedom and the locales of their adopted home, the Pacific Northwest, Renwick uses avant-garde formal elements to explore radical politics and environmental issues. An artist who often self-distributes, their screening history reads as a map of independent cinema worldwide. They have screened work i...

Acting

1984

Crowdog

as Narrator (voice)

2012

SF HITCH

as Narrator (voice)

Production

2002

9 is a Secret

as Director

1998

The Yodeling Lesson

as Cinematography

1998

1998

1984

Crowdog

as Story

1984

Crowdog

as Cinematography

2022

Bells in Five

as Director

2018

Kesh

as Editor

2014

layover

as Editor

2015

CRACK HOUSE

as Editor

2012

SF HITCH

as Cinematography

2012

SF HITCH

as Writer

2012

SF HITCH

as Director

2006

2020

2006

2016

NEXT LEVEL FUCKED UP

as Cinematography

2016

2012

SF HITCH

as Editor

1984

Crowdog

as Editor

2015

CRACK HOUSE

as Cinematography

2000

Nest of Tens

as Director of Photography

2014

layover

as Director

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Lovejoy

as Director

1994

Worse

as Director

1994

Worse

as Cinematography

1994

Worse

as Editor

2015

CRACK HOUSE

as Director

2018

Kesh

as Director

2003

1983

Toxic Shock

as Director

1998

The Amateurist

as Camera Operator

1984

Crowdog

as Director

2001

Richart

as Director

2001

Richart

as Director of Photography

2019

Cold Holy Water

as Director

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