David Rimmer

David Rimmer

  • Birthday: 1942-01-20
  • Place of birth: Vancouver, Canada

Biography

Internationally celebrated filmmaker David Rimmer has over 25 experimental and documentary film and video productions to his credit. Throughout his prolific career, he has worked primarily in film, video and photography with his expertise extending to a variety of other media. His multi-faceted background includes working in performance, sound, sculpture, holography and dance. His experience as a performer with Yvonne Rainer's company in New York city left Rimmer uniquely qualified to produce such work as "Roadshow" and "Sisyphus," which feature dance as a medium of expression. Widely considered to be a key contributor to the emergence of film as an art form, Rimmer's innovation has led to much acclaim. born in Vancouver in 1942, David Rimmer has spent most of his life in his native city with brief periods in New York (1970-72) and Europe (1973). In addition to his provocative work as an artist, he is an instructor in the film and video program at Emily Carr College of Art and Design.

Filmography

Production

Real Italian Pizza

1971

As Director

Surfacing on the Thames

1970

As Director

Canadian Pacific I

1974

As Director

Canadian Pacific II

1975

As Director

Shades of Red

1982

As Director

Shades of Red

1982

As Producer

Watching for the Queen

1973

As Director

Square Inch Field

1968

As Director

Migration

1969

As Director

Blue Movie

1970

As Director

Treefall

1970

As Director

The Dance

1970

As Director

Seashore

1971

As Director

Bricolage

1984

As Director

As Seen on TV

1986

As Director

Narrows Inlet

1980

As Director

Fracture

1973

As Director

Landscape

1969

As Director

Al Neil: A Portrait

1979

As Director

Codes of Conduct

1997

As Director

Sisyphus

1985

As Director

Roadshow

1987

As Director

On the Road to Kandahar

2003

As Director

Local Knowledge

1992

As Director

Box-A-Rama

1973

As Camera Operator

An Eye for an Eye

2003

As Director

An Eye for an Eye

2003

As Editor

Gathering Storm

2003

As Director

Gathering Storm

2003

As Editor

On the Road to Kandahar

2003

As Animation

Head/​End

1967

As Director

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