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Guy Maddin , OM (born February 28, 1956 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian director of feature and short films and a screenwriter.
life and work
Maddin did not attend any formal film training, instead he learned his trade by watching films, especially with his friends John Paizs (* 1957) and Steve Snyder. Paisz as a filmmaker and Snyder as a lecturer in production at the University of Manitoba , Maddin finally got the idea to use his knowledge and film himself.
Guy Maddin's special quality is his predilection for recreating the style and aesthetics of old silent films and early sound films . Apart from this stylistic characteristic of his work, his films are thematically characterized primarily by the use of clichés , psychological-sexual conflict situations, by bizarre to surreal stories and their bizarre humor. It is this confident fusion of early film techniques with a postmodern sensibility that make Maddin's films distinctive.
His silent film Brand Upon The Brain! 2006 accompaniment Live one was in numerous performances with the orchestra , foley artists , a singer and a storyteller shown. In addition to Isabella Rossellini , Laurie Anderson , Crispin Glover , Daniel Handler , Udo Kier , Lou Reed , Eli Wallach and Guy Maddin himself had appearances as live narrators .
In 2011 he was appointed to the competition jury of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival .
For his work as a screenwriter, Maddin was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018 , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (as a director)
- 1986: The Dead Father
- 1988: Tales from the Gimli Hospital (Tales from the Gimli Hospital)
- 1989: Mauve Decade (short film)
- 1989: BBB (short film)
- 1990: Tyro (short film)
- 1990: Archangel
- 1991: Indigo High-Hatters (short film)
- 1992: Avalanches over Tolzbad (Careful)
- 1993: The Pomps of Satan (short film)
- 1994: Sea Beggars (short film)
- 1995: Sissy Boy Slap Party (short film)
- 1995: Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity (short film)
- 1995: The Hands of Ida (short film)
- 1996: Imperial Orgies (short film)
- 1997: Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
- 1998: Maldoror: Tygers (short film)
- 1998: The Hoyden (short film)
- 1998: The Cock Crew (short film)
- 1999: Hospital Fragment (short film)
- 2000: The Heart of the World (short film)
- 2000: Fleshpots of Antiquity (short film)
- 2002: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
- 2003: Fancy, Fancy Being Rich (short film TV)
- 2003: Cowards Bend the Knee (short film)
- 2003: The Saddest Music in the World
- 2004: A Trip to the Orphanage (short film)
- 2004: Sombra dolorosa (short film)
- 2005: My Dad Is 100 Years Old (short film)
- 2006: Nude Caboose (short film)
- 2006: Brand Upon The Brain!
- 2007: Odin's Shield Maiden (short film)
- 2007: My Winnipeg
- 2011: Keyhole
- 2015: The Forbidden Room
Awards (selection)
- In 1995 he won Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity for Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival .
- In 1995 he received an award for his oeuvre at the Telluride Film Festival .
- 2001 Golden Gate Award for The Heart of the World , San Francisco International Film Festival
- 2002 Genie Award for The Heart of the World .
- 2002 Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary . Best film, Festival de Cinema Internacional de Catalunya
literature
- Caelum Vatnsdal: Kino Delirium: The Films of Guy Maddin. Workers Ring, 2000 ISBN 1-894037-11-1
- Philip Monk: Guy Maddin: Cowards Bend the Knee. Power Plant, 2003 ISBN 1-894212-02-9 p. 160
- Cerebral fluid is used for rejuvenation , Berliner Zeitung , February 17, 2007; Review of the film The Brand Upon the Brain!
- Extensive retrospective to be seen in Hamburg, Berlin, Switzerland , taz , November 2, 2006, p. 15
- Wolfram R. Keller, Christian Uffmann: "Careful ... Canadians." Guy Maddin's allegory of Canadian identity, in Screening Canadians: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Canadian Film. Ed. Keller, Gene Walz. In Part 3: Canadian Nations. Marburg Center for Canadian Studies, Marburg University Library 2008 ISBN 978-3-8185-0461-8
- "If you want realism, watch security camera tapes"! An interview with Guy Maddin. (With Johannes Springer, Christian Werthschulte), in ibid.
Web links
- Guy Maddin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Information about his films
- Full biography at movies.yahoo.com (English)
- Video interview at critic.de (English)
- Filmography, list of awards
Individual evidence
- ↑ branduponthebrain.com ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maddin, Guy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg |