Frederic Colier

Frederic Colier (born August 2, 1963) is a filmmaker, playwright, novelist and musician. [http://www.independentfilmweek.com/images/2008_Emerging_Narrative_Projects.pdf independentfilmweek.com] , PDF document: page 40, screenplay "Made in China", an emerging narrative at "Independent Fimweek 30", Retrieved 10-03-2008]

Biography

Born in Audresselles, France, Frederic Colier currently lives in New York City. [http://www.befilm.net/section7.html befilm.net] , Frederic Colier biography, Retrived 10-03-2008] Until 1990, he was the bass guitarist of the London-based pop rock band "Purple" which later charted success under the name of Dodgy. After an accident suspended his music career for several years, he segued into theater. It is during this time while working at Her Majesty's Theatre, in the West End of London, that he completed his first plays and novel. All his writings from this period were in French. He moved to Barcelona in 1992, where he taught music and continued writing. It was during his Barcelona sejourn that he began to write screenplays in English. The switch of language became more and more prominent, and in 1995 he decided to move to the States. While working at the New York based bilingual theatre group Ubu Repertory Theater, he completed a Masters in Film Studies at Montclair State University, NJ. After the closing of Ubu in 2002, he transitioned into films and graduated from the Digital Film Academy, NY. He continues to compose music mainly for his own films, under the group name of Hyper Global Intensity. He is a recipient of a 2007 Panasonic Digital Filmmaker Grants. [ [http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=A56CB90D935F4233B65AC3CB5E6AEB4C postmagazine.com] , September 25 2007, "'PANASONIC DIGITAL FILMMAKER GRANTS' AWARDED IN NYC", Retrieved 10-03-2002] [http://www.dv.com/news/news_item.php?articleId=196603452 dv.com] , "...grant winners, including Frederic Colier for "M&N,"..", Retrieved 10-03-2008]

Career

Colier has produced and edited multiple film projects. He wrote and directed the short films, "Of Wanderlust" (2003), "Desert Weeds" (2004), which screened nationally and internationally and won awards on the festival circuit (Clermont-Ferrand, France; Izmir, Turkey; WorldFest Houston, Fire Island, NY), "Bounce" (2005). He completed his feature debut with The Hindenburg Omen (2008). His film "M & N" will follow early next year.

He has also written a number of theatre and literary fiction. He has written, produced, and directed theatrical plays on both sides of the ocean, notably "Barbed-Wire Hearts" and "Heartbreak Tango". He has written two novels, "Barabane! Barabane!" and "Traîte d'Union", and the collection of short stories "Témoignages Crépusculaires". He has also authored the play collection, "Playground for Talking Heads," the novel, "The Rain Crow", as well as the short story collection, "A Memoir of Absence".

= Filmography =

* Of Wanderlust, 2003 (short film) [ [http://www.reelport.com/index.php?id=300&L=en&movie_id=6729 reelport.com] , details of "Of Wanderlust", Retrieved 10-03-2008]
* Desert Weeds, 2004 (short film) [ [http://www.reelport.com/index.php?id=300&L=fr&movie_id=6728 reelport.com] , details of "Desert Weeds", Retrieved 10-03-2008]
* Bounce, 2005 (short film) [ [http://www.actorspages.org/search_project_result.php?cr_id=38731 actorspages.com] , details of "Bounce", Retrieved 10-03-2008]
* Ruminations on You and Me, 2006 (short film) (written by Victoria Clark) [ [http://www.altered-ego.net/AlteredEnt.htm altered-ego.net] , details of "Ruminations on You and Me", Retrieved 10-03-2008]
* The Hindenburg Omen, 2008 [ [http://www.actorspages.org/search_project_result.php?cr_id=36794 actorspages.org] , details of "The Hindenberg Omen", Retrieved 10-03-2008]
* M & N, 2009 (projected)

= Theater =

* Les Bêtes du Bon Dieu, 1990 (in French) (full length)
* Life Support Machine, 1990 (two-act)
* La Folie Bergère, 1992 (in French) (full length)
* Firedamp, 1994 (monologue) [ [http://www.altered-ego.net/Altered%20Plays/Firedamp.htm altered-ego.net] , "Firedamp by Frederic Colier", Retrieved 10-03-2008]
* Heartbreak Tango, 1999 (one-act)
* The Proposal, 2000 (one-act)
* The Undertaking, 2002 (one-act)
* Barbed-Wire Hearts, 2002 (full length)
* Sharing Circle, 2003 (one-act)

= Fiction =

* Traître d'Union, 1990 (novel in French)
* Barabane! Barabane! 1993 (novel in French)
* Les Témoignages Crépusculaires, 1997 (short story collection in French)
* Playground for Talking Heads, 2005 (collection of plays) [ [http://www2.xlibris.com/Bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=24967 xlibris.com] , "Playground for Talking Heads", Retrieved 10-03-2006]
* A Memoir of Absence, 2007 (short story collection)
* The Rain Crow, 2008 (novel)

Non-fiction

* Les Recettes de la Famine, 1993
* Estheticization of Violence in Bruce Conner's "A Movie" and "Report" (2002)

References

External links

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* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:436766 Frederic Colier at AMG]
* [http://de.scientificcommons.org/31954004 Estheticization of Violence in Bruce Conner's film work]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Memoir-Absence-Frederic-Colier/dp/1425777120/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222537097&sr=1-1 A Memoir Of Absence] , Luminous Press
* [http://www.amazon.com/Playground-Talking-Heads-Frederic-Colier/dp/1413468403/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222537156&sr=1-2 Playground for Talking Heads] , Luminous Press