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Michelle Handelman
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michelle Handelman (born August 5, 1960) is an American contemporary artist, filmmaker, and writer who works with live performance, multiscreen installation, photography and sound…
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Michelle Handelman (born August 5, 1960) is an American contemporary artist, filmmaker, and writer who works with live performance, multiscreen installation, photography and sound. Coming up through the years of the AIDS crisis and Culture Wars, Handelman has built a body of work that explores the dark and uncomfortable spaces of queer desire. She confronts the things that provoke collective fear and denial – sexuality, death, chaos. She directed the ground-breaking feature documentary on the 1990s San Francisco lesbian S/M scene BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes & Sadomasochism(1995), described by IndieWire as “a queer classic ahead of its time, a vital archive of queer history.” Her early work included 16mm black and white experimental films combined with performance. She is also known for her video installations Hustlers & Empires (2018), Irma Vep, The Last Breath (2013-2015), and Dorian, A Cinematic Perfume (2009-2011). In 2011, she was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her film and video work.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2021
Claiming the Liminal Space
Movie Director
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2021
Abigail
Movie Thanks
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2020
Candyland
Movie Director
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2020
Solitude is an Artifact of the Struggle Against Oppression
Movie Director
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2020
These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves
Movie Director
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2017
FIT Hives: Sustainability - The Secret to Survival
Movie Thanks
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2014
Irma Vep, The Last Breath
Movie Director
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2009
Dorian, a cinematic perfume
Movie Director
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2002
I Hate You
Movie Director
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2000
La Suture
Movie
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1995
BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism
Movie Producer
- 1994
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1993
Terminal USA
Movie Original Music Composer
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1992
A History of Pain
Movie
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1992
Flesh Histories
Movie Director
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1991
Homophobia Is Known to Cause Nightmares
Movie Director
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- 1988
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The Lens Within Me
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