- Michael Langan
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Michael Langan (born Providence, RI 1984) is an American film director. He grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, where he began his artistic career as a professional stage actor, and is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design.[1]
Langan's first short student film, Snail, premiered at Ann Arbor Film Festival in March 2007 and went on to screen at a number of film festivals.[2] His thesis film, Doxology, has received widespread acclaim, garnering fourteen awards at over eighty film festivals worldwide.[3]
Notable awards include a Student Academy Award nomination,[4] Most Promising Filmmaker at Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Best Experimental Short at Slamdance Film Festival.[5]
Langan's films typically involve technical experimentation, resulting in works that reinterpret time and images to create unique observations of familiar subjects. Bizarre situations and surreal sequences appear frequently in his films. He is known for his use of the experimental animation technique, pixilation.
His artistic influences include singer/composer Bobby McFerrin and filmmakers Norman McLaren, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Steven X. Arthur, and Jan Švankmajer.[6]
Slamdance Film Festival commissioned Langan to complete a film under five minutes in 2008.[7] The resulting film, Dahlia, which premiered at the festival the following year, has since screened at film festivals across the globe. The film is a three minute portrait of San Francisco, Langan's home at the time, featuring a musical score composed by the filmmaker.[8]
In 2010, Langan collaborated with author Brian Christian on a short film adaptation of Christian's poem, "Heliotropes."[9]
Filmography
- Heliotropes (2010)
- Dahlia (2008)
- Doxology (2007)
- Snail (2005)
References
- ^ "Biography for Michael Langan". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3091467/bio. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Snail at Ann Arbor Film Festival". bside.com. http://aaff.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=15185323. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Doxology Screenings and Awards". doxologyfilm.com. http://doxologyfilm.com/. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "2008 Student Academy Awards Finalists". oscars.org. http://old.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.05.01.html. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Awards for Michael Langan". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3091467/awards. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Michael Langan: Doxology". motionographer.com. http://motionographer.com/2008/10/01/michael-langan-doxology/. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Michael Langan - Doxology and Dahlia". spoileralertradio.linsyn.com. http://spoileralertradio.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=416158. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Dahlia on IMDB". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381550/. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Official Website of Heliotropes". Langan Films. http://langanfilms.com/heliotropes.html. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
External links
- Michael Langan's Official Website
- Michael Langan at the Internet Movie Database
- Motionographer Articles on Michael Langan
- Spoiler Alert Radio Interview, 2008
- Critical Praise for Doxology
Categories:- Living people
- 1984 births
- Rhode Island School of Design alumni
- American film directors
- People from Providence, Rhode Island
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