BIOGRAPHY
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"Harrowing intimate... profoundly rethinks documentary." - David Kehr, New York Times
2000 Whitney Biennial - Cinematic Arts - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"Only Scorsese's King of Comedy digs deeper into the flailing artist's delusions of grandeur and thats a work of fiction." - Village Voice
"Wonderful... Maybe the best example of post technology cinematic Americana." - Columbus Alive
"Literally a one of a kind film." - Wexner Center for the Arts (New Documentary series)
"...one of the most arresting rockumentaries ever made." - The Oregonian
"Poignant" - Bomb Magazine
"Terrific... among my all time great movie moments." - John Pierson, Split Screen Independent film channel
"Regardless of genre this is the quintessential story of the struggling musician... Cassavetes-esque candor" - Minneapolis City Pages "A" list Voted Best Film of 1999
Voted "Best Film" - 1998 Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival
"Marvelously gutsy" - Pulse Magazine
Film Fest Favorite - Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Grand Jury Prize: Best Documentary Feature - Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival 2001 (emerging artist)
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FILM FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:
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| 2002 |
Showtime Network - Sundance Film Channel
Northwest Film Center - Portland OR
Dallas Video Festival
Noise Pop Festival - San Francisco
Suburban World Theater, New York Underground Film Festival
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| 2001 |
IDFA Documentary Showcase
Atlanta Showcase
Red Vic Theater - San Francisco
Pioneer Theater - New York
Regents Theater Showcase - Los Angeles
Olympia Film Festival - Washington
Wexner Center - Columbus, OH
Sound Unseen Film Festival - Minneapolis
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Landmark's Uptown Theater - Minneapolis
Northwest Film Forum - Seattle
The Coolridge Corner - MA
Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival
Pacific Film Archives - Berkley California
Noise Pop Festival - San Francisco
Clinton Street Theater - Portland OR
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| 2000 |
Whitney Museum of American Art 2000 Biennial - Cinematic Arts
Art Institute of Chicago
Nelson Atkins Museum
California College of Arts and Crafts
Houston Museum of Fine Art
The Den - New York City
Dallas Video Festival
Northwest Film Center - Portland Museum of Art
Unseen Sound - Music/Film Festival Minneapolis
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| 1999 |
Wexner Center for the Arts - Columbus, Ohio
KTCA Minnesota Public Television - Minneapolis
Seattle Underground Film Festival - Seattle, WA
Cleveland Cinematheque - Cleveland Ohio
Double Take Documentary Film Festival - Durham, North Carolina
Pacific Film Archives - Berkley, California
The Skinny - Portland, Maine
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| 1998 |
Bravo (10 min. excerpt)
Independent Film Channel - Split Screen (10 min. excerpt)
New York Underground Film Festival
Olympia Film Festival, Olympia - Washington
Rifle Sport Art Gallery 10 year Retrospective, Intermedia Arts - Minneapolis, MN
U Film Society Minneapolis
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival
Skyway Theater, Minneapolis
Rochester (MN) International Film Festival
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| 1997 |
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Tampa Festival of New Music
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| 1993 |
Walker Art Center - Minn. Film Showcase
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| 1991 |
San Diego Film Festival
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| 1989 |
Kansas City International Video Festival
San Diego Video Expose
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REVIEWS:
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| 1997-2002 (# of articles) |
San Francisco Weekly
MTV News
San Francisco Gaurdian
LA Weekly
Los Angeles Times
New York Magazine
New York Times (3)
Art Forum (2)
Village Voice (2)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (6)
Alternative Cinema
Columbus Dispatch
Minneapolis City Pages (8)
TV2 Public Television Magazine
Scene Magazine
Columbus Alive
Bomb Magazine
Time Out New York
Music News of the World
Indie Wire
Minnesota Daily-Arts and Entertainment
New York Post
Pulse Magazine (3)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Spin Magazine - On Line
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FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS:
(Director, Producer, Editor, Videographer/Cinematographer, Writer)
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| 2001 |
The Atlas Moth, 75 min Video Moths, nature photography, brain disorders, and a band recording its first CD. Documentary continues saga of Dan Cleveland and his band Dark Horse, but with an unexpected "nature film" point of view.
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| 1997 |
Driver 23, 72 min. 35mm color film, Documentary explores the life of a local rock musician/delivery man struggling with a complicated Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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| 1993 |
The Trappings of Success, 45 min. 16mm color film, Based on my mother's disillusions with her comedy career after husband's death. (A cinematographer was hired for this film.)
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| 1991 |
In The Rough, 30 min. 16mm black and white film. A young man's obsession with Burt Reynolds collides with his girlfriend's fascination with new age meditation/crystals.
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| 1989 |
Thee Attacker, 12 min. video. Experimental narrative brings a fictional character to life using documentary footage, interviews, home videos and written stories.
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FILM AWARDS:
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| 2002 |
Best Minnesota Feature Film D.L. Mabery Award - Minnesota Film and Television Board
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Best Documentary - Chicago Underground Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize: Best Doc. Feature - Minneapolis/St. Paul Int. Film Festival (emerging artist)
Film Fest Favorite - Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Minnesota Spirit Award (Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival)
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| 2000 |
Whitney Museum of American Art - 2000 Biennial - Cinematic Arts Critics Choice - Village Voice Cinema Special
Voted One of the 10 Best Music Documentaries Ever - City Pages
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| 1999 |
Voted Best Minneapolis Film - City Pages
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| 1998 |
Voted Best Film - Driver 23 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
Voted Audience Favorite Rochester International Film Festival
D.L. Mabery Award - Minnesota Film Board Special Jury Award
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EDUCATION:
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| 1992 |
University of California, San Diego - MFA Filmmaking
Advisors: Jean-Pierre Gorin and Babette Mangolte.
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| 1987 |
University of Minnesota - BA Visual Arts
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FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND GRANTS:
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| 1991 |
University of California, San Diego Research Grant
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| 1990 |
Betty Russell Foundation Grant
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| 1989 |
Mayer (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) Foundation
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| 1988 |
Jacob Javits Fellowship
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| 1987 |
Summa Cum Laude - Phi Beta Kappa, University of Minnesota
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| Rolf Belgum teaches Design and Art History at the Art Institutes Internation Minnesota. |
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