about
CV
HOLLY FISHER
(b. Boston, 1942) is a visual artist and filmmaker who lives and works in NYC
- Education
- M.A. Degree, NYU School of the Arts, Cinema Studies, 1982
- Harvard Summer School, Photography, 1966
- Haystack School of Crafts, 1964
- B.A. Degree, Barnard College, Columbia University, Asian Art History, 1964
- Work
- Independent filmmaker, 1966-present (see Filmography)
- Otherwise Pictures LLC film production company, 2006-present
- Freelance director/camera/editor, 2003-2009 includes:
- Everywhere at Once, commissioned by photographer Peter Lindbergh
- Freelance film editor, 1976-2003 includes:
- Third World Newsreel
- Children’s Television Workshop NYC
- I.A.T.S.E Editors Union, 1976– 1981
- WGBH – TV, 1972-76
- Curator & Producer, The South Shore Arts Festival, 1972
- production of air-dome theater for 24/7 screenings of Ann Arbor film festival traveling film collection
- Jonas Mekas screening and Q&A
- Fisher/Slezas Films Inc., co-owner & co-filmmaker, 1966-71
- WGBH – TV, assistant film editor, 1965-66
- Intern & Stylist, the Bert Stern Photography Studio, 1964-1965
- Teaching
- Sarah Lawrence College adjunct professor of film production, 1985-6
- Artist-in-Residence grant from Mass Arts Council, 1978
- Mass College of Art instructor of film production, 1975-77
- Solo film screenings, exhibitions (selected)
- Anthology Film Archives, New York City, 2018
- Mass College of Art, Boston, 2017
- Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
- Five Colleges, Mount Holyoke College, MA, 2014
- Mass College of Art, Boston, 2012
- Tashmoo Lecture Series, Hampshire College, Hadley, MA, 2011
- Two Boots Theater, New York City, 2004
- The LA Film Forum, Los Angeles, CA 1978, 1994, 2004
- Free-Speech TV, 2002, 2003
- Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany, 1992, 1995
- The Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1995
- Museum of Modern Art Cineprobe, New York City, several 1980-1995
- Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA, 1978, 1994
- The Arsenal, Berlin 1982, 1988, 1992
- Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 1984, 1991
- Film Tour (1982), 12 stops throughout Germany
- The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1974, 1977
- Film Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 1984, 1991
- Collective for Living Cinema, New York City, 1977-78, 1983
- Millennium Film Workshop, New York City, 1977-78, 1982, 1982
- Donnell Media Center, NYC Public Library
- Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA
- Film/Video Arts, Boston, 1977
- Institute for Contemporary Arts, Boston, 1972
- DAR Constitution Hall, Washington D.C., 1968
- Group shows, festivals, exhibitions, visiting artists, awards (selected)
- 2018
- Anthology Film Archives, Women of the West, New York City, NY
- 2017
- Ann Arbor Film Festival 2017, Storefront Installation 2X2, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Harvestworks, Filmette Film Festival, New York City, NY
- 2016
- Harvestworks, Filmette Film Festival, New York City, NY
- 2015
- World/Fest Houston – Remy Awards:
- A Question of Sunlight
- Thinktank
- Deafening Silence
- 2013
- Athens International Film Festival, Ohio
- Festival of International Film Arts, Montreal
- POWER/PLAY at Augusta Savage Gallery, UMASS Amherst, MA
- Environmental Film Festival, Washington, DC
- Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, Holyoke, MA
- 2011
- The Environmental Film Festival, Washington, DC
- 2010
- Festival of International Film Arts, Montreal
- 2009
- Houston Cinema Arts Festival, Houston, TX
- 2008
- TriBeCa Film Festival, World premier, NYC, NY
- 2007
- Cannes Film Festival, Avant-première, Cannes, France
- 2006
- CalArts, Visiting Artist, 3-weeks, invited by Thom Anderson
- 2004
- Flaherty Film Seminar
- Free Speech TV repeat broadcast from 2003
- 2003
- LA Film Forum, Egyptian Theater, LA, California
- RIENA, Paris, France
- Third South Film Festival, Sderot, Israel
- Free Speech TV
- 2002
- The Forum of the Berlinale, World Premiere, Berlin, Germany
- Amnesty International Film Festival, Amsterdam
- Digital Talkies, Delhi, India
- Feminale Film Festival, Cologne, Germany
- Athens International Film Festival, Ohio
- Vancouver Asian Film Festival, B.C.
- Asian Film Festival, Dallas, TX
- Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA
- Asian Film Festival, Dallas, TX
- 2000
- The Whitney Museum, The Color of Ritual, the Color of Thought: Women Avant-Garde Filmmakers in America, 1930-2000, curated by Chrissie Iles; toured throughout U.S. & Europe
- 1999
- Images of War, Visions of Peace, Haag, Holland
- Double Take Film Festival, Duke University
- 1994
- LA Film Forum, The Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
- The Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Canada
- 1993
- The Flaherty International Film Seminar
- The Whitney Museum Biennial
- Haifa Film Festival
- American Film Institute Film Festival
- 1992
- World Premiere, The Forum of the Berlinale
- Ann Arbor Film Festival, “Best Experimental Film” Award, Ann Arbor, MI (Bullets for Breakfast)
- Stockholm International Film Festival
- London International Film Festival
- Chicago International Film Festivals
- Los Angeles Film Festival
- Galway Film Fleadh
- Pacific Film Archives
- Harn Museum, University of Florida
- 1988
- Jury, Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany
- 1987
- Athens International Film Festival
- Ann Arbor Film Festival, Merit Award (s o f t s h o e)
- Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Award Winner (s o f t s h o e)
- Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany
- Women’s Film Festival, Barnard College
- 1986
- Nominated for Academy Award (Who Killed Vincent Chin?)
- 1985
- Black Maria Film Festival, Grand Prize (Rushlight)
- The Whitney Biennial
- 1984
- Barnard College Women’s Film Festival, New York City
- Encounter Cinema, University of California
- 1981-82
- The American Federation of the Arts traveling film series throughout U.S. & Europe
- Nominated for Daytime Emmy, Editor, Kiss Concert, Children’s Television Workshop (Dir. Charlotte Zwerin)
- 1974
- Flaherty Film Seminar, Apple Summer, MA
- 1968
- Atlanta International Film Festival, Bronze Medal (Watermen)
- Ann Arbor Film Festival, Award Winner (PSSSHT)
- 1966
- The American Film Festival, Blue Ribbon “Environment,” (Progress, Pork Barrel, and Pheasant Feathers)
- Grants (selected)
- The Jerome Foundation
- New York State Council on the Arts (Production/Post/& Distribution)
- Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
- NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts)
- Brooklyn Arts Council
- Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway
- Norwegian Burma Council
- Pace Defense Fund
- CAPS Grant
- CAPS Panel
- Global Ministries
- The Wellspring Foundation
- Rockwood Fund, Inc.
- American Film Institute
- Mass Council on the Arts
- National Geographic
- Florida Audubon Society
- Public Collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
- Donnell Media Center, NY Public Library, New York, USA
- Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek, Berlin, Germany
- Light Cone, Paris, France
- Re-Voir–VOD, Paris, France
