Michael Almereyda
Michael ALMEREYDA (1960, USA) dropped out after three years of studying art history at Harvard University to make films. Besides being a filmmaker, he is screenwriter and producer. He has collaborated with directors including Wim Wenders and Bruce Beresford. Almereyda’s films range across various genres, styles and formats. International Film Festival Rotterdam has screened many of his films. He regularly publishes essays in The New York Times, Film Comment and Artforum. His film Marjorie Prime (2016) and documentary Escapes (2016) will both be shown at IFFR 2017. He will also be one of the judges for the Hivos Tiger Competition.
Filmography
Michael Almereyda op IFFR
Another Girl, Another Planet
58'
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IFFR 1993
Twister
93'
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IFFR 1993
At Sundance
71'
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IFFR 1996
The Rocking Horse Winner
23'
VS
IFFR 1998
Hamlet
123'
VS
IFFR 2001
Happy Here and Now
90'
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IFFR 2003
This So-Called Disaster
89'
VS
IFFR 2003
A Brief History of Surrealism
9'
VS
IFFR 2004
William Eggleston in the Real World
86'
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IFFR 2006
Another Girl, Another Planet
58'
VS
IFFR 2010
Paradise
82'
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IFFR 2010
Skinningrove
15'
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IFFR 2013
Skinningrove
15'
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IFFR 2014
Escapes
90'
VS
IFFR 2017
Marjorie Prime
98'
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IFFR 2017