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We are very pleased to have multiple award-winning documentary filmmaker, Thomas Riedelsheimer, as a guest at DOXA this year. In this rare public seminar, Riedelsheimer will talk about his creative approach as a filmmaker and his effort to introduce multiple visual layers into his unique and moving film projects. Discussing his own vision of documentary filmmaking, he will present clips of his films and participate in a conversation with the audience.
Thomas Riedelsheimer was born in Germany in 1963. He studied at the Academy for Film and Television in Munich and since 1986 has been a writer, director and camera operator in Germany and abroad, working in such diverse places as Somalia, Tanzania, Latvia, Tibet, Nepal and Scotland. A lecturer on cinematography and documentary filmmaking, Thomas works with 16mm, S16mm and 35mm, as well as with all video formats. In 2008 Riedelsheimer founded his own company to concentrate on films about art and artists. Although Riedelsheimer usually lives in Munich, he is currently spending a year living in Vancouver and teaching at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Thomas Riedelsheimer is best known for his films:
Touch the Sound — A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie
Rivers and Tides — Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time
He is currently working on:
Breathing Earth: Susumu Shingu Working With the Wind, a journey through the world with Japanese artist Susumu Shingu, as he explores the energy of wind and water.
This seminar is free and open to the public — everyone is welcome!
» Website - Thomas Riedelsheimer
» Website - Filmpunkt
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