6.6. - 10.6.2012

Miranda July

* 1974 in Barre, Vermont.

Miranda July works as film-maker, performance artist, writer and actress. She created numerous short films that are shown in such recognised institutions as the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum. She recorded music albums, directed music video clips and regularly writes short stories. She gave her debut as an actress in 1999 in Alison Maclean’s Jesus Son. In 2005 she directed her first feature length film Me And You And Everyone We Know.

Personal website: http://www.mirandajuly.com
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432380/

 

FILMS directed by MIRANDA JULY

Atlanta

USA 1996, 10 min

Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, Tribute to Miranda July

 

The Amateurist

USA 1998, 14 min

Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, Tribute to Miranda July

Other presentations (selection):
San Francisco International Film Festival 1998
New York Underground Film Festival 1999
New York Film Festival 2000
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2005 

 

Nest of Tens

USA 2000, 27 min

Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, Tribute to Miranda July

Other presentations (selection):
Cinematexas 2000
New York Expo of Short Film 2000
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2001
Cleveland International Film Festival 2005
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2005 

Awards (selection):
Main Prize, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2001
Best Debut, New York Expo of Short Film 2000

 

Getting Stronger Every Day

USA 2001, 7 min

Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, Tribute to Miranda July

Other presentations (selection):
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2005 

 

Haysha Royko

USA 2003, 4 min

Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, Tribute to Miranda July

 

Me and You and Everyone We Know

USA / UK 2005, 91 min

Awards (selection):
Critics Week Grand Prize + Golden Camera + Prix Regards Jeune + Young Critics Award, Cannes Film Festival 2005
Best Film, Gotham Awards 2005
Audience Award + SKYY Prize, San Francisco International Film Festival 2005
Best Directorial Debut, Stockholm Film Festival 2005
Grand Jury Prize + Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2005

 

VIS featuring MIRANDA JULY