Albert Nerenberg
| Albert Nerenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 13, 1962 (age 54) London, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | director, journalist, hypnotist, laughologist |
| Known for | Filmmaking, Hypnotism, Oka Crisis, Laughing Championships, Trailervision |
Albert Nerenberg (born October 13, 1962) is a Canadian independent filmmaker, actor, journalist, hypnotist and laughologist. His films include Stupidity (2003), Escape to Canada (2005), Let's All Hate Toronto (2007), Laughology (2009) and Boredom (2013). Both Stupidity and Laughology are the first feature-length documentaries to discuss the topics of stupidity and laughter.
Born in London, Ontario in 1962, Nerenberg studied English Drama at McGill University in Montreal during the 1980s, where he formed Theatre Shmeatre, an improvisational theatrical company, and served as editor in chief of the McGill Daily.
Formerly a newspaper reporter with the Montreal Gazette and talk radio host at CKGM, Nerenberg told the Montreal newspaper, La Presse, that he became a filmmaker after he smuggled a video camera through army lines during the 1990 Oka Crisis – a standoff between armed Mohawk Warriors and the Canadian military. The footage was later turned into his first documentary, entitled Okanada.
Among his early films was 1949, so-named because it cost only $19.49 to make, taking advantage of the sophistication of Hi-8 video equipment at that time.
Nerenberg was recognized by the Cinémathèque Québécoise as a film innovator for having had a role in some of the developments in contemporary filmmaking; including the hand-held revolution, the Truvie where fictional films are shot in real situations, and in creating the format of fictional movie trailers. In 2001 Nerenberg was the subject of a retrospective at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.
Nerenberg is the founder of Trailervision. Trailervision is the idea that movie trailers are their own artistic medium. CNN has profiled Trailervision, calling it an "international cult phenomenon."
Nerenberg has directed over 70 Trailervision trailers and over a dozen TV documentaries.
In 2005, Nerenberg directed Escape to Canada, a documentary about how Canada has unintentionally usurped America's place as the Land of the Free.
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