David Rimmer

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David Rimmer

Directing 84 January 20, 1942

Vancouver, Canada

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…

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Know Place

Know Place

1967 Movie
Local Knowledge

Local Knowledge

10.0 1992 Movie
Home Movies 1971-81

Home Movies 1971-81

1985 Movie
Bricolage

Bricolage

7.5 1984 Movie
Gathering Storm

Gathering Storm

2003 Movie
Collective

Collective

2008 Movie
Migration

Migration

6.0 1969 Movie
Blue Movie

Blue Movie

4.5 1970 Movie
Narrows Inlet

Narrows Inlet

6.0 1980 Movie
Seashore

Seashore

6.0 1971 Movie
Landscape

Landscape

1969 Movie
Treefall

Treefall

6.0 1970 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2008
    Collective

    Movie Director

  2. 2003
    On the Road to Kandahar

    Movie Editor

  3. 2003
    Gathering Storm

    Movie Director

  4. 2003
    An Eye for an Eye

    Movie Editor

  5. 1998
    Jack Wise: Language of the Brush

    Movie Director

  6. 1997
    Codes of Conduct

    Movie Director

  7. 1992
    Local Knowledge

    Movie Director

  8. 1990
    Black Cat, White Cat It's a Good Cat if it Catches the Mouse

    Movie Producer

  9. 1987
    Roadshow

    Movie Director

  10. 1986
    Along the Road to Altamira

    Movie Director

  11. 1986
    As Seen on TV

    Movie Director

  12. 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Movie

  13. 1985
    Sisyphus

    Movie Director

  14. 1984
    Bricolage

    Movie Director

  15. 1982
    Shades of Red

    Movie Director

  16. 1980
    Narrows Inlet

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1979
    Al Neil: A Portrait

    Movie Director

  2. 1975
    Canadian Pacific II

    Movie Director

  3. 1974
    Canadian Pacific I

    Movie Director

  4. 1973
    Fracture

    Movie Director

  5. 1973
    Watching for the Queen

    Movie Director

  6. 1973
    Box-A-Rama

    Movie Camera Operator

  7. 1971
    Real Italian Pizza

    Movie Director

  8. 1971
    Seashore

    Movie Director

  9. 1970
    Surfacing on the Thames

    Movie Director

  10. 1970
    Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper

    Movie Director

  11. 1970
    The Dance

    Movie Director

  12. 1970
    Treefall

    Movie Director

  13. 1970
    Blue Movie

    Movie Director

  14. 1969
    Migration

    Movie Director

  15. 1969
    Landscape

    Movie Director

  16. 1968
    Square Inch Field

    Movie Director

  17. 1967
    Know Place

    Movie Director

  18. 1967
    Head/​End

    Movie Director