Clark Nikolai

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Clark Nikolai

Biography

Originally from Saskatchewan, where he made films and videos in Saskatoon’s vibrant punk and parallel art scenes, Nikolai's work covers all genres and often combines found footage, music and experimental visual effects, stylized staging and dream-like experimental narratives. He is an early pioneer of video art in the Canadian prairies, and was a founding member of both the Open Air Audio Visual Co-op (1984) and Video Vérité Artist Centre (1989) of Saskatoon (now PAVED). Since 1981, he has produced over fifty videos and films, which have screened and received awards around the world. His practice has also included still photography and exper...

Acting

1991

Travel Sketch

as Traveller

Production

1997

1997

From the Ashes

as Dolly Grip

1991

Travel Sketch

as Director

1983

1995

Petrus et Lupa

as Director

2008

The Bathroom Mirror

as Co-Producer

2008

The Bathroom Mirror

as Director of Photography

2007

Avalanche

as Director

2010

2010

Frolic

as Director

2012

A Message

as Director

2013

Exempli gratia

as Director

2016

Troublemaker on the Frequency

as Director of Photography

2021

Never.

as Editor

2020

Moonboy

as Cinematography

2020

Moonboy

as Editor

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