- Patrick Keiller
Patrick Keiller (born 1950) is a British film-maker, writer and lecturer.
Biography
Keiller was born in 1950, in
Blackpool and studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture,University College London . In 1979 he joined theRoyal College of Art 's Department of Environmental Media as a postgraduate student. For a time he taught architecture at theUniversity of East London .His first film was "Stonebridge Park" (1981) followed by "Norwood" (1983) and "The Clouds" (1989). These films are typified by their use of static camera and voice-over, a technique that was further refined in his longer films "London" (1992) and "Robinson in Space" (1997).
Both "London" and "Robinson in Space" are narrated by an unnamed character (voiced by
Paul Scofield ) who follows his friend, the unseen Robinson around London. Robinson is involved with research into the 'problem' of London and in the later film, England. The films are seen as a critique of the British economic landscape under the Conservative governments ofMargaret Thatcher andJohn Major .In 2000, Keiller directed "The Dilapidated Dwelling". This film was made for television, but was never broadcast. It features the voice of
Tilda Swinton , and its subject matter is the state of British housing.External links
* [http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cucr/pdf/1iss6.pdf An interview with Patrick Keiller by Steve Hanson in the Centre For Urban Community Research's Street Signs magazine]
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/472615/ Biography of Patrick Keiller at BFI Screenonline]:
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