Marco Brambilla

Marco Brambilla (2010)

Marco Brambilla (* 1960 in Milan ) is an Italian film director and media artist .

life and work

Marco Brambilla was born in Milan and grew up in Canada. He made his debut as a film director at the age of 33 when he made Demolition Man in Hollywood in 1993 . In this science fiction film played Wesley Snipes , Sylvester Stallone and Sandra Bullock the leading roles. In 1997, the comedy Anger in the luggage followed , starring Alicia Silverstone , Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken . In 2002 he directed the television miniseries Dinotopia .

Since he lacked artistic freedom in the film business, Brambilla turned increasingly to artistic video projects since the late 1990s. In 1999 the works Cyclorama , Approach and Superstar were created . This was followed by Wall of Death in 2001 and Halflife in 2002 . In 2005 he contributed Sync to the short film project Destricted . After works like Sea of ​​Tranquility from 2006 and Cathedral from 2007, Brambilla began with elaborate video collages, which he first produced in HD format and later as a 3D film . The HD version of Civilization was released in 2008 and a 3-D version in 2011, and first the HD version and then the 3-D version of Evolution 2010. In 2013 there was also the work Creation , which forms a trilogy with Civilization and Evolution . In these video collages, the artist showed superimposed and blended video sequences and cited, for example, classic feature films.

Marco Brambilla's work has been shown in exhibitions in galleries and museums as well as at film festivals. He also showed individual works in a multi-storey car park in Miami or in the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. In addition, Brambilla repeatedly crossed the borders between art and pop culture. In 2010, for example, he produced the video Power for singer Kanye West and worked on a 15-second spot in memory of Michael Jackson for beverage manufacturer Pepsi . In 2011 there was also a collaboration with Ferrari . Brambilla produced the video work RPM for the premiere of the Ferrari 458 Spider . For 2013 the artist designed a calendar for the Italian coffee roaster Lavazza .

Brambilla is unmarried and lives in New York.

Filmography

movie theater

• 1993: Demolition Man
• 1997: Excess Baggage
• 2006: Destricted (segment "Sync")

watch TV

• 2002: Dinotopia (TV miniseries, 3 episodes)

literature

• Bob Morris: Up Close With the Artist, Marco Brambilla , New York Times article, January 30, 2013

Web links

• Marco Brambilla's website
• Marco Brambilla in the Internet Movie Database (English)