Joyce Wieland

Directing Jun 30, 1930 Jun 27, 1998 (aged 68) Toronto, 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.

15 Acting Credits

21 Crew Credits

Joyce Wieland

Acting

Wavelength

Zorns Lemma

Manual of Arms

Back and Forth

Water Sark

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

A and B in Ontario

Standard Time

Knocturne

The Mammal Palace

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

Seminar

Home Movies 1971-81

The Sky Socialist

Portrait of Snow

Crew

Rat Life and Diet in North America

Water Sark

Cat Food

Sailboat

New York Eye and Ear Control

A and B in Ontario

Reason Over Passion

Solidarity

The Far Shore

Patriotism

Dripping Water

Birds at Sunrise