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Steven Woloshen
Laval, Québec, Canada
Steven Woloshen is a Canadian animator born in Laval in 1960. He studied film at Concordia University, where he initially made documentaries and collage films. For more than 30 y…
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Steven Woloshen is a Canadian animator born in Laval in 1960. He studied film at Concordia University, where he initially made documentaries and collage films. For more than 30 years, he has passionately created over 50 award-winning, abstract films and time-based installations for festivals, galleries and museums. Twice nominated for Canada's Governor General's award, he has received numerous research and creation grants and, most recently, was awarded the 2016 René Jodoin lifetime achievement award, 2015 Wiesbaden Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of two books, Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker (2010), a hands-on manual for decay, renewal and other handmade, analogue film techniques, and Scratch, Crackle & Pop! A Whole Grains Approach to Making Films without a Camera (2015). Under his own banner, Scratchatopia, Woloshen has hosted solo retrospectives and taught handmade filmmaking techniques at workshops and master classes in Argentina, Morocco, USA, Slovenia, Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Poland, Mexico as well as across Canada.
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2025
Territoires parallèles
Movie Director
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2022
Perf Dance
Movie Director
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2021
The Zolle Suite
Movie Animation
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2021
Father Knows Father Best
Movie Director
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2019
Organic
Movie Director
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2019
Rhythm in the Backstroke
Movie Director
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2018
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Movie Director
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2016
Casino
Movie Director
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2015
National Tapestry
Movie Director
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2014
1000 Plateaus
Movie Director
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2013
The Lost World
Movie Director
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2013
Crossing Victoria
Movie Director
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2012
Stealing Paradise
Movie Driver
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2012
Free Speech
Movie
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2011
Look Again
Movie Driver
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2011
No Surrender
Movie Driver
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2011
Visual Music for 10 Voices
Movie Director
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2011
When the Sun Turns Into Juice
Movie Director
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2011
Shimmer Box Drive
Movie Director
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2011
Fiesta Brava
Movie Director
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2010
Carbon Copies
Movie Director
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2009
The Homestead Act
Movie Director
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2009
Playtime
Movie Director
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2009
Editorial
Movie Director
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2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie Transportation Co-Captain
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2008
Six: Inside Hothouse 5
Movie Self
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2008
Fleeing Rotland
Movie Director
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2008
Chronicle Reconstructions
Movie Director
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2006
Changing Evan
Movie Director
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2005
The Curse of the Voodoo Child
Movie Director
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2005
Rebuttal
Movie Director
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2004
Two Eastern Hair Lines
Movie Director
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2004
Snip
Movie Director
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2003
Cameras Take Five
Movie Director
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2003
Minuet
Movie Director
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2002
The Babble on Palms
Movie Director
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2002
Bru Ha Ha
Movie Director
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2001
Ditty Dot Comma
Movie Director
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1999
Get Happy
Movie Director
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1990
Whispers
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