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Director
Guy Maddin
Defining Films
Profile
Guy Maddin is a Canadian filmmaker known for his distinctive visual style that combines silent film aesthetics with experimental and avant-garde techniques. His work is characterized by the use of black-and-white cinematography, rapid editing, and surreal narratives that often explore themes of memory, desire, and Canadian history. He is considered one of the most innovative and influential contemporary filmmakers, with notable works including 'Twilight of the Idols,' 'The Saddest Music in the World,' and 'My Winnipeg.'
In Their Own Words
I love the German Expressionists. The Student of Prague (1913) and The Golem (1920) were big influences.
On The Forbidden Room () 130 min · BFI / Sight & Sound interview: The forbidden room: Guy Maddin on his new film
Filmography (58)
Accidence
The Green Fog
Seances
The Forbidden Room
Once a Chicken
Once a Chicken
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
Elms
Elms
The Hall Runner
Cold
Cold
Colours
Puberty
Only Dream Things
Only Dream Things
Mundo Invisível
Keyhole
Sinclair
Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair
Night Mayor
The Little White Cloud That Cried
Footsteps
Footsteps
Glorious
97 Percent True
97 Percent True
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
It’s My Mother’s Birthday Today
Odin’s Shield Maiden
My Winnipeg
Nude Caboose
Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters
Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Sombra dolorosa
A Trip to the Orphanage
Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands
The Saddest Music in the World
Cowards Bend the Knee
Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary
Fleshpots of Antiquity
Fleshpots of Antiquity
The Heart of the World
Hospital Fragment
The Hoyden
The Hoyden
Maldoror: Tygers
The Cock Crew
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (Noam Gonick
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (Noam Gonick
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Imperial Orgies
Imperial Orgies
Sissy Boy Slap Party
Odilon Redon
The Hands of Ida
Sea Beggars
Sea Beggars
The Pomps of Satan
The Pomps of Satan
Careful
Indigo High-Hatters
Tyro
Tyro
Archangel
Mauve Decade
Mauve Decade
BBB
BBB
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
The Dead Father
The Dead Father