David Rimmer

David Rimmer

January 20, 1942 — Vancouver, Canada

Internationally celebrated filmmaker David Rimmer has over 25 experimental and documentary film and video productions to his credit. Throughout his prolific career, he has worked primarily in film, video and photography with his expertise extending to a variety of other media. His multi-faceted background includes working in performance, sound, sculpture, holography and dance. His experience as a performer with Yvonne Rainer's company in New York city left Rimmer uniquely qualified to produce such work as "Roadshow" and "Sisyphus," which feature dance as a medium of expression.

Widely considered to be a key contributor to the emergence of film as an art form, Rimmer's innovation has led to much acclaim. born in Vancouver in 1942, David Rimmer has spent most of his life in his native city with brief periods in New York (1970-72) and Europe (1973). In addition to his provocative work as an artist, he is an instructor in the film and video program at Emily Carr College of Art and Design.

Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper

1970

Canadian Pacific I

1974

Surfacing on the Thames

Surfacing on the Thames

1970

An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye

2003

Migration

Migration

1969

Treefall

Treefall

1970

Narrows Inlet

Narrows Inlet

1980

Seashore

Seashore

1971