Director
David Rimmer
84 years · Vancouver, Canada · 27 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 27
Collective
2008 · Director, Writer
On the Road to Kandahar
2003 · Editor, Director
An Eye for an Eye
2003 · Director, Editor
Gathering Storm
2003 · Director, Editor
Jack Wise: Language of the Brush
1998 · Director, Editor
Local Knowledge
1992 · Director
Roadshow
1987 · Director
As Seen on TV
1986 · Director
Along the Road to Altamira
1986 · Director
Home Movies 1971-81
1985 · Actor
Sisyphus
1985 · Director
Bricolage
1984 · Director
Narrows Inlet
1980 · Director
Al Neil: A Portrait
1979 · Director
Canadian Pacific II
1975 · Director
Canadian Pacific I
1974 · Director
Fracture
1973 · Director
Watching for the Queen
1973 · Director
Seashore
1971 · Director
Surfacing on the Thames
1970 · Director
The Dance
1970 · Director
Treefall
1970 · Director
Blue Movie
1970 · Director
Migration
1969 · Director