Joyce Wieland

Known for DirectingBorn 1930-06-30Died 1998-06-27Toronto, Canada

Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was an experimental filmmaker and artist, whose work challenged and bridged boundaries among avant garde film factions of her time. Her works introduced a kind of manual manipulation of the filmstrip that inscribed an explicitly female craft tradition into her films, while also playing with the facticity of photographed images. Wieland's output was small, but received considerable attention in comparison to other female avant garde filmmakers of her time. As both a gallery artist and a filmmaker, Wieland was able to crossover between those realms and garner attention and support in both. In 1963 Wieland and Snow moved to New York where they lived for ten years. She attracted critical recognition of her work but eventually moved back to Toronto. Wieland later divorced Snow and kept a low profile until her death in 1998 from Alzheimer's disease. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982.Read more

Movies & web series

Knocturne

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

The Mammal Palace

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

Standard Time

New York Eye and Ear Control

Back and Forth

The Far Shore

Zorns Lemma

A and B in Ontario

Reason Over Passion

For Life, Against the War

Rat Life and Diet in North America

Wavelength

Cat Food

Solidarity

Water Sark

Manual of Arms

Barbara’s Blindness

Sailboat

Dripping Water

Birds at Sunrise

Patriotism

Patriotism Part II

Peggy's Blue Skylight

Larry's Recent Behaviour

1933

Hand Tinting

Pierre Vallières

Portrait of Snow

Home Movies 1971-81

Seminar

Bill's Hat

The Sky Socialist