Stephen Broomer
Stephen Broomer (born 1984) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker, film scholar and video essayist.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Son of jazz musician Stuart Broomer,[2] the Toronto-based filmmaker received his PhD in 2015 from Ryerson University & York University's joint program in Communications and Culture.[3]
He is also the founder of the home video label Black Zero offering restorations of rare and forgotten Canadian experimental films by Arthur Lipsett, Richard Kerr and John Hofsess.[4][5]
Accolades
[edit]His series of video essays entitled Art & Trash, focusing on underground, avant-garde and cult cinema, have been mentioned in Sight & Sound's annual polls of best video essays multiple times.[6][7]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Pepper's Ghost (2013)
- Variations of a Theme by Michael Snow (2015)
- Potamkin (2017)
- Tondal's Vision (2018)
- Fat Chance (2021)
- Josephine Massarella: One Woman Walking (2021)
- The Stairwell: Memories and Mirages of Film Noir (2022)
- Simultaneous Tensions: The Duo-Vision of Wicked, Wicked (2023)
Sources:[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Light Cone - Stephen BROOMER". lightcone.org. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Mark Miller writing on my father, Stuart Broomer, for the May 18, 1978 issue of Downbeat. Stephen Broomer on Twitter". twitter.com. 1978-05-18. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Stephen Broomer - The Film-Makers' Cooperative". film-makerscoop.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Paths to Freedom: An Interview with Black Zero's Stephen Broomer". Split Tooth Media. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "New Blu Ray of Three Films by Experimental filmmaker Richard Kerr". Offscreen. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ a b "The best video essays of 2022 | Sight and Sound". bfi.org.uk. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ a b "The best video essays of 2021 | Sight and Sound". bfi.org.uk. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Potamkin by Stephen Broomer | Arts + Literature Laboratory | Madison Contemporary Arts Center". artlitlab.org. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Stephen Broomer - IFFR EN". iffr.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "'Wicked, Wicked,' Polyrhythmic Form, and the Vicious Split-Screen". Film School Rejects. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Be It True, or Be It Fals: Stephen Broomer Discusses "Tondal's Vision" on Notebook". MUBI. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "An Experimental Decade, the Features: 30 Films of a Fortunate Man on Notebook". MUBI. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "INCITE » Rituals in Transfigured Space: Interview with Stephen Broomer, by Clint Enns". incite-online.net. Retrieved 2024-08-02.