About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
1960-08-05
Place of birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Michelle Handelman

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2000 La Suture Actor N/A
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1994 Twists in the Cord (or) … Other Extensions of the Telephone Actor N/A
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Directing
2021 Claiming the Liminal Space Directing Director N/A
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2020 Candyland Directing Director N/A
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2020 Solitude is an Artifact of the Struggle Against Oppression Directing Director N/A
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2020 These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves Directing Director N/A
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2014 Irma Vep, The Last Breath Directing Director N/A
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2009 Dorian, a cinematic perfume Directing Director N/A
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2002 I Hate You Directing Director N/A
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2000 La Suture Directing Director N/A
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1995 BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism Directing Director 58
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1992 Flesh Histories Directing Director N/A
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1992 A History of Pain Directing Director N/A
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1991 Homophobia Is Known To Cause Nightmares Directing Director N/A
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1988 Safer Sexual Techniques in the-Age of Mechanical Reproduction Directing Director N/A
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Production
1995 BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism Production Producer 58
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Camera
2000 La Suture Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2021 Abigail Crew Thanks 59
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2017 FIT Hives: Sustainability - The Secret to Survival Crew Thanks 59
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Editing
1995 BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism Editing Editor 58
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