Francois Miron
François Miron (born 1962) is a French-Canadian experimental filmmaker also working in documentary and fiction.
Miron was born in Montreal in 1962.
He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1990 (he received a full merit scholarship).
His early body of work consists of found footage manipulation through optical printing and abstract cinematography of industrial landscapes. His abstract work has lately been shifting into more "traditional" narrative cinema and documentary, although a strong psychedelic and surreal influence still is present. Most of his films have been exhibited worldwide and have won awards.
His early films are in the tradition of Pat O'Neill who was the pioneer of experimental optical printing films in the 1960s and 1970s and is still active to this day. Other links have been made to Paul Sharits, Stan Brakhage, Norman McLaren and in painting to Jackson Pollock
At the original screening of the film at The World Film Festival, the sound was so loud that the projection booth window broke; the projectionist stopped the projection but the judges insisted that they see the film again. Documentary filmmaker Peter Wintonick wrote an article about this in Cinema Canada. He also interviewed Miron about his filmmaking activities (the magazine was defunct in 1989). The Conservatoire D'Art Cinematographique in Montreal requested that the film be put in their archives. There is also a print at The Canadian Film Archives in Ottawa.
Aside from those, Miron has created over 15 films since 1982.
A DVD anthology of his work was released in 2010 and has received worldwide but limited distribution. It is distributed in Canada by The CFMDC (along with some of the original prints of his films) and RE-VOIR in Europe.
In 2003 he was ranked 4th best filmmaker of Montreal by The Montreal Mirror 14th annual reader's poll
In 2008 he won a Juno Award for his photographic work on the cover of the Arcade Fire CD: Neon Bible.
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