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^[1]

• "The Evil Surprise" 1994

  A found footage collage with numerous optical printing manipulations to create a comment on social conditioning, won Best Experimental at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1994

• "Resolving Power" 2001

  An exploration on the industrial society and paranoia the film uses "The Pillory" composed by Jasun Martz

• "The 4th Life" 2007

  A feature length surreal thriller shot in 35mm featuring sound design by David Kristian and music by Electric Wizard

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Aside from those, Miron has created over 15 films since 1982.

In 2003 he was ranked 4th best filmmaker of Montreal by The Montreal Mirror 14th annual reader's poll ^[4]

In 2008 he won a Juno Award for his photographic work on the cover of the Arcade Fire CD: Neon Bible. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Since 2007, he has been working on a feature length documentary about legendary Avant-Garde filmmaker Paul Sharits to be completed late 2011

References

External links

• François Miron at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Francois Miron website