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David Rimmer (b. 1942)

Birthplace:
Vancouver, Canada

Born:
January 20, 1942

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Animation:
2003  On the Road to Kandahar

Camera Operator:
1973  Box-A-Rama
2003  On the Road to Kandahar

Cinematography:
1973  Box-A-Rama
1990  Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the Mouse
2003  On the Road to Kandahar

Director:
1967  Head/​End
1968  Square Inch Field
1969  Landscape
1969  Migration
1970  Blue Movie
1970  Surfacing on the Thames
1970  The Dance
1970  Treefall
1970  Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper
1971  Real Italian Pizza
1971  Seashore
1973  Box-A-Rama
1973  Fracture
1973  Watching for the Queen
1974  Canadian Pacific I
1975  Canadian Pacific II
1979  Al Neil: A Portrait
1980  Narrows Inlet
1982  Shades of Red
1984  Bricolage
1985  Sisyphus
1986  Along the Road to Altamira
1986  As Seen on TV
1987  Roadshow
1990  Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the Mouse
1992  Local Knowledge
1997  Codes of Conduct
2003  An Eye for an Eye
2003  Gathering Storm
2003  On the Road to Kandahar

Editor:
1967  Head/​End
1968  Square Inch Field
1969  Landscape
1969  Migration
1970  Blue Movie
1970  Surfacing on the Thames
1970  The Dance
1970  Treefall
1970  Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper
1971  Real Italian Pizza
1971  Seashore
1973  Box-A-Rama
1973  Fracture
1973  Watching for the Queen
1974  Canadian Pacific I
1975  Canadian Pacific II
1979  Al Neil: A Portrait
1980  Narrows Inlet
1982  Shades of Red
1984  Bricolage
1985  Sisyphus
1986  Along the Road to Altamira
1986  As Seen on TV
1987  Roadshow
1990  Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the Mouse
1992  Local Knowledge
1997  Codes of Conduct
2003  An Eye for an Eye
2003  Gathering Storm
2003  On the Road to Kandahar

Producer:
1967  Head/​End
1968  Square Inch Field
1969  Landscape
1969  Migration
1970  Blue Movie
1970  Surfacing on the Thames
1970  The Dance
1970  Treefall
1970  Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper
1971  Real Italian Pizza
1971  Seashore
1973  Box-A-Rama
1973  Fracture
1973  Watching for the Queen
1974  Canadian Pacific I
1975  Canadian Pacific II
1979  Al Neil: A Portrait
1980  Narrows Inlet
1982  Shades of Red
1984  Bricolage
1985  Sisyphus
1986  Along the Road to Altamira
1986  As Seen on TV
1987  Roadshow
1990  Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the Mouse
1992  Local Knowledge
1997  Codes of Conduct
2003  An Eye for an Eye
2003  Gathering Storm
2003  On the Road to Kandahar

Writer:
1967  Head/​End
1968  Square Inch Field
1969  Landscape
1969  Migration
1970  Blue Movie
1970  Surfacing on the Thames
1970  The Dance
1970  Treefall
1970  Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper
1971  Real Italian Pizza
1971  Seashore
1973  Box-A-Rama
1973  Fracture
1973  Watching for the Queen
1974  Canadian Pacific I
1975  Canadian Pacific II
1979  Al Neil: A Portrait
1980  Narrows Inlet
1982  Shades of Red
1984  Bricolage
1985  Sisyphus
1986  Along the Road to Altamira
1986  As Seen on TV
1987  Roadshow
1990  Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the Mouse
1992  Local Knowledge
1997  Codes of Conduct
2003  An Eye for an Eye
2003  Gathering Storm
2003  On the Road to Kandahar

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