François Miron
Films expérimentaux 1985-2009
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Add rightsFormat DVD Interzone
Original format 16mm, 35mm
Year 1985-2009
Language(s) French
Pages 24 pages
Artist(s) François Miron
Running time 129 min
Films
4 X HORIZONTAL 4 X VERTICAL (1985-86) 9'
CHIRURGIE OPTIQUE (1987) 10'
THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN (1989) 5'
KICK THAT HABIT MAN (1989) 3'
WHAT IGNITES ME, EXTINGUISHES ME (1990) 9'
THE SQUARE ROOT OF NEGATIVE THREE (1991) 8'
THE EVIL SURPRISE (1994) 16'
THE ULTRAWORLD (1997) 17'
LA POURSUITE DE L'ART (1999) 10'
RESOLVING POWER (2001) 18'
HYMN TO PAN (2007) 5'
CREPITUS (2008) 5'
HYDROMORPHONE 8MG (2009) 3'
DISMAL UNIVERSAL HISS (excerpts) (1988) 6'
FILMS HAUTS-CONTRASTES (1988-1997) 5'
Description
François Miron began making films in 1982, working exclusively on film stock (not video). His early work consists of several experimental short films, all created using a powerful technique for manipulating filmed images that he has mastered to perfection: optical printing. In 1990, he earned a master's degree in filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, thanks to a full merit scholarship. His complete body of work has been presented at numerous festivals and various venues around the world, receiving multiple awards and genuine recognition within the underground cinema milieu.
In parallel, the filmmaker creates and shoots music videos, practices photography and, since 1993, has taught optical printing, filmmaking and the technical aspects of cinema at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal. He has had complete retrospectives of his work in San Francisco, Humboldt, at Parc cinéma in Montréal and, more recently, at the Cinémathèque québécoise.
In 2007, he completed production of The 4th Life, a 35mm feature film co-written with James Galwey, distributed at several international festivals as well as in theaters in Canada. In 2008, he won a Juno Award for his photographic work for Arcade Fire on the album cover of Neon Bible, composed of images shot on 16mm black and white and color reversal film. That same year, he received the Prix à la création artistique from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for his film Hymn to Pan.