- François Miron
François Miron (born 1962) is a French-Canadian
experimental filmmaker .Miron was born in Montreal in 1962. He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of The Art Institute Of Chicago in 1990.
His early body of work consist of found footage manipulation through optical printing and abstract cinematography of industrial landscapes, his abstract work has lately been shifting into more "traditional" narrative cinema, although a strong psychedelic and surreal influence still is present. Most of his films have been exhibited worldwide.
Selected works
*"What Ignites Me, Extinguishes me" 1990
*:Shot in abandoned factories of Chicago and using complex color separation method to illustrate isolation and despair, the film won Best Experimental at the Illinois Film & Video Artist Film Festival Chicago in 1990
*"The Evil Surprise" 1994
*:A found footage collage with numerousoptical printing manipulations to create a comment on social conditioning, won Best Experimental at theAnn Arbor Film Festival in 1994
*"Resolving Power" 2001
*:An exploration on the industrial society and paranoia the film uses "The Pillory" composed byJasun Martz
*"The 4th Life" 2007
*:A feature length surreal thriller shot in 35mm featuring sound design byDavid Kristian and music byElectric Wizard Aside from those, Miron has created over 15 films since 1982.
In 2008 he won a
Juno Award for his photographic work on the cover of theArcade Fire CD: Neon Bible.External links
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