Bruce LaBruce

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Bruce LaBruce (2006)

Bruce LaBruce (born January 3, 1964 in Southampton , Ontario ; actually Bryan Bruce ) is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and photographer. LaBruce currently lives and works in Toronto . There he writes and photographs for the Honcho and Inches magazines, among others .

Life

Bruce LaBruce attended film school in Toronto and studied film theory at New York University . His artistic beginnings include working for gay punk fan magazines ( Fagzines ) and producing Super 8 films. He publishes photographs in various independent magazines. In 1996 he achieved an international success with the film Hustler White . The film deals with the prostitute scene in Los Angeles. One of the cast members is Madonna's former lover Tony Ward. LaBruce has also produced a number of controversial, subversive films in which he mixes the artistic techniques of independent film with the aesthetics of gay pornography. His films often deal with breaks from cultural, sexual, and interpersonal norms. Bruce LaBruce is considered one of the most important directors in New Queer Cinema . His films have been shown at the Berlinale , the Sundance Film Festival , the Venice International Film Festival , the Toronto International Film Festival , the Festival del film Locarno and the Museum of Modern Art .

Bruce LaBruce also worked as a theater director, a. a. in the Hebbel am Ufer , on Kampnagel and at the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich .

In his 2008 film Otto; or, Up with Dead People , Marcel Schlutt plays one of the leading roles.

The German actress Susanne Sachsse plays in three of his films and four of his theater works.

For the collection of short stories Nachtfieber , published by Bruno Gmünder Verlag , Bruce LaBruce wrote the short story Canadian Roulette , which is played in the Sneakers Club in Toronto .

In 2011, Angélique Bosio's documentary about Bruce LaBruce, The Advocate For Fagdom , was published and shown at the Berlinale , among others . In 2004 and 2008 there were films by Bruce LaBruce, namely The Raspberry Reich and Otto; or, up with Dead People . In 2014, his black and white feature film Pierrot Lunaire , which is about a woman disguising herself as a man and her relationship with a girl from a better family, won a Teddy Award .

Filmography

As a director

Bruce LaBruce filming LA Zombie
  • 1987: I Know What It's Like to Be Dead (short film)
  • 1987: Boy, Girl (short film)
  • 1988: Home Movies (short film)
  • 1992: The Post Queer Tour (short film)
  • 1992: A Case for the Closet (short film)
  • 1992: Slam! (Short film)
  • 1993: No Skin Off My Ass
  • 1995: Super 8½ / Super 8 1/2 - A Cautionary Bio-Pic
  • 1996: Hustler White
  • 1999: Skin Flick ( Skin Gang )
  • 2000: Come as You Are (short film)
  • 2004: The Revolution Is My Boyfriend ( The Raspberry Reich )
  • 2007: Give Piece of Ass a Chance (short film)
  • 2008: Otto; or, Up with Dead People
  • 2010: LA Zombie
  • 2010: Through the night with Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noé (TV)
  • 2013: Gerontophilia (German title: Geron )
  • 2014: Pierrot Lunaire
  • 2017: The Misandristinnen ( The Misandrists )
  • 2017: Refugee's Welcome (short film)

As a performer

  • 1993: No Skin Off My Ass
  • 1995: Super 8½ / Super 8 1/2 - A Cautionary Bio-Pic
  • 1996: Hustler White
  • 1997: Hayseed
  • 1997: The YoYo Gang (short film)
  • 1999: Skin Flick ( Skin Gang )
  • 2016: Boris sans Béatrice

Films about Bruce LaBruce

  • 2011: The Advocate For Fagdom

photography

Web links

Commons : Bruce LaBruce  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Siegel: Bruce LaBruce: Post-Pornographer against Will , in: montage AV, 2/2009 , pp. 98–118, here: p. 102
  2. ↑ Die Zeit : The Future of Cinema, August 20, 2009
  3. ↑ The Advocate For Fagdom (PDF; 168 kB) in the Berlinale program
  4. ^ The Raspberry Reich (PDF; 117 kB) in the Berlinale program
  5. ↑ Otto; or, up with Dead People (PDF; 181 kB) in the Berlinale program
  6. ↑ Teddy Winner 2014 teddyaward.tv, accessed on February 21, 2014.
  7. ↑ Bruce LaBruce: Wondering ... Inappropriate Dressing and Undressing In: VICE , August 28, 2012
  8. ↑ Bruce LaBruce: Wondering ... Back in Berlin. In: Vice, April 12, 2012
personal data
SURNAME LaBruce, Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stewart, Justin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian filmmaker, writer, and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Southampton , Ontario