R. Bruce Elder
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-06-12 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also known As
Richard Bruce Elder
R. Bruce Elder
Biography
Since 1975, R. Bruce Elder has been building two formidable bodies of work, as an artist working in the experimental tradition, and as an author of critical texts on art and cinema. His artistic achievements were recognized in 2007 with a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Canada’s most prestigious award in those field, and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. Jonas Mekas, founder of the New York Filmmakers Co-op and principle visionary of the American avant-garde cinema, has dubbed him “the most important North American avant-garde filmmaker to emerge during the 1980s.” Something similar could be said of Elder’s monume...
Acting
1996
as Himself
1982
as Professor
Production
1985
as Director
1981
as Director
1980
as Director
1975
as Director
1990
as Director
1976
as Director
1982
as Director
1979
as Director
1976
as Director
1978
as Director
1975
as Director
1993
as Director
1992
as Director
1980
as Director
1991
as Director
1994
as Director
1993
as Director
2000
as Director
1997
1977
as Director
2017
as Thanks
2011
as Director
2015
as Director
2007
as Director
2003
as Director
2024
as Director
1980
as Music
2004
as Director
1982
as Writer
1985
1985
as Producer
1985
as Director of Photography
1985
1979
as Director of Photography
1997
as Director of Photography
1988
as Director
1988
2000
as Cinematography
2000
as Editor
2000
as Sound
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