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GILLIAN MCIVER

Director, Writer

Great Britain , London

Visits in the last week

5

Total of visits

492

Current Work Details

What I do

Lecturing, writing and directing. Background in art film and documentary. Adaptation and script editing.

Blog Feed

my.opera.com/cinemania/blog/

Resources / Expertise

writing

Training

University of Westminster,
BA Contemporary Media Practice

University of Toronto,
MA History and Interdisciplinary Studies

Sir John Cass School of art,
MA Visual Culture, research in Art Documentary and the Art of Documentation

Euroscript screenwriting courses

Shooters Q&A

Films I wish I had made

Get Carter, Russian Ark, Santa Sangre, Don't Look Now

I cried watching

Pan's Labyrinth

I left the cinema during

Eraserhead. I wanted to leave during Black Swan but was stuck in the middle seat. Oh, the agony of watching that banal piece of histrionic drivel.

Directors I love

Jodorowsky, Greenaway, Svankmajer, Del Toro, Cronenberg

Actors I admire

Viggo Mortensen

Writers I respect

Chekhov

Books I have given my friends

The Master and Margarita

The best thing I own

the dog. But does she in fact own me?

My Work & Credits

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    ZIPPO

    My role: Writer

    Production company
    Cineorder
    Category
    Short
  • play

    the Landscape of Pleasure

    My roles: Camera Operator, Director

    Production company
    Parallel Project
    Category
    Documentary
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    Postindustrial Baroque

    My role: Artist Filmmaker

    Format
    DVCam/Mini-DV
    Production company
    Luna Nera
    Category
    Short
  • Project Gagarin: A Cold War Nostalgia

    My role: Writer

    Category
    Documentary
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    THE KING'S LAND

    My role: Director

    Format
    HD
    Production company
    studio75

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