Michelle Handelman
Michelle Handelman (born August 5, 1960) is an American contemporary artist, filmmaker, and writer who works with live performance, multiscreen installation, photography and sound. Coming up through the years of the AIDS crisis and Culture Wars, Handelman has built a body of work that explores the dark and uncomfortable spaces of queer desire. She confronts the things that provoke collective fear and denial – sexuality, death, chaos. She directed the ground-breaking feature documentary on the 1990s San Francisco lesbian S/M scene BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes & Sadomasochism(1995), described by IndieWire as “a queer classic ahead of its time, a vital archive of queer history.” Her early work included 16mm black and white experimental films combined with performance. She is also known for her video installations Hustlers & Empires (2018), Irma Vep, The Last Breath (2013-2015), and Dorian, A Cinematic Perfume (2009-2011). In 2011, she was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her film and video work.
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DirectingBirthday
August 5, 1960Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
17Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USACast credits
Crew credits
Safer Sexual Techniques in the-Age of Mechanical Reproduction
DirectorAbigail
ThanksFIT Hives: Sustainability - The Secret to Survival
ThanksBloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism
Producer, Editor, DirectorFlesh Histories
DirectorThese Unruly and Ungovernable Selves
DirectorHomophobia Is Known To Cause Nightmares
Director