Jake Yuzna Explained

Jake Yuzna
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter
Years Active:2004-present

Jake Yuzna is an American film director, screenwriter, and curator. Their debut feature Open was the first American film to win the Teddy Jury Prize[1] [2] at the Berlin Film Festival and in 2005 Yuzna become the youngest recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Although known mainly for their work in film, Yuzna has curated several retrospectives, exhibitions and special projects. In 2010, they founded the first cinema program at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. Between 2011 - 2013 they organized the first fellowship, publication and conference to argue nightlife as a form of contemporary art.[3] [4] [5] [6] In addition, Yuzna has authored books on contemporary art, design, and culture as well as contributed to Artforum.[7]

They have also curated the first American retrospectives of artists and filmmakers including Alejandro Jodorowsky,[8] Sion Sono,[9] Gregg Araki,[10] Francois Sagat, and Quentin Crisp.[11] In addition, Yuzna curated the first museum surveys of Metamodernsim,[12] the New French Extremity,[13] and the medium of VHS.[14]

Yuzna is the son of poet Susan Yuzna and nephew to horror film director and producer Brian Yuzna.[15]

Filmography

YearFilm
2004 Between the Boys (short)
2005 Better Left Alone (short)
2010 Open
2017 The Knife - Live At Terminal 5
2021 After America

Awards and honors

Publications

YearProject
2013 THE FUN: The Social Practice of Nightlife in NYC[18]
2014 NYC Makers[19]
2022 No Joke: Humor as Resistance[20]
2023 Content and Its Discontents[21]

Curation

YearProject
2010 Blood into Gold: The Cinematic Alchemy of Alejandro Jodorowsky
2011 The Home Front: American Design Now
2011 François Sagat: The New Leading Man
2011 Sion Sono: The New Poet
2011 - 2013 THE FUN Fellowship in the Social Practice of Nightlife
2012 No Wave Cinema
2012 Argento: Il Cinema Nel Sangue
2012 VHS
2013 It Is Crispin Hellion Glover
2013 After the Museum
2013 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Quentin Crisp
2013 Without Compromise: The Cinema of William Klein
2013 God Help Me: Gregg Araki
2014 NYC Makers: The 2014 MAD Biennial
2014 Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio
2015 It's Hard to be Human: The Cinema of Roy Andersson
2015 The Director Must Not Be Credited: 20 Years of Dogme 95
2015 The Unseen Cinema of HR Giger
2015 Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time
2018 Plastic Futures and Premillennial Tensions: 1990s Science Fiction Cinema before a New Millennium
2023 Eve Fowler: A Universal Shudder (co-curated with BF Hall)
2023 Make Sense of This: Visitors Respond to the Walker’s Collection (co-curator)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BOMB Magazine — OPEN with Jake Yuzna by Legacy Russell. bombmagazine.org. en. 2017-08-15. 2017-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170321120601/http://bombmagazine.org/article/6236/open-with-jake-yuzna. dead.
  2. Web site: Outfest 4 in Focus: "Open" Director Jake Yuzna On His Queer Aesthetic IndieWire. Indiewire. www.indiewire.com. 6 July 2010. en. 2017-08-15.
  3. Web site: Vartanian. Hrag. Putting the FUN in New York Nightlife. hyperallergic. 11 April 2012. 5 August 2015.
  4. Web site: Frisicano. Andrew. Theeboom. Sarah. Fall in New York: three NYC photo books; the Queens Museum reopens. Time Out New York. Time Out Inc. 5 August 2015. 22 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140922125921/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/fall-in-new-york-three-nyc-photo-books-the-queens-museum-reopens. dead.
  5. Web site: Corona. Victor P.. Starry Nightlife at MAD Museum. NY Art Beat. New York Art Beat. 5 August 2015.
  6. News: Jake Yuzna brings FUN to the Museum of Arts & Design. Time Out New York. 2017-08-15. en.
  7. Web site: Artforum . 2021-07-13 . Jake Yuzna. 2022-10-12.
  8. Web site: Alejandro Jodorowsky: Blood into Gold. madmuseum.org. 2017-08-15.
  9. Web site: Sion Sono. madmuseum.org. 2017-08-15.
  10. Web site: God Help Me: Gregg Araki. madmuseum.org. 2017-08-15.
  11. Web site: Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Quentin Crisp. madmuseum.org. 2017-08-15.
  12. Web site: No More Modern : Notes on Metamodernism. madmuseum.org. 2017-08-15.
  13. Web site: J'Adore Violence: Cinema of the New French Extremity. madmuseum.org. 2017-08-15.
  14. Web site: VHS. madmuseum.org. 2017-08-15.
  15. Web site: Open Director Jake Yuzna on Sexuality, the Myth of Queer Cinema, and Horror Fandom - The L Magazine. www.thelmagazine.com. 15 November 2010. en-US. 2017-08-15. 2023-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209023259/https://www.thelmagazine.com/2010/11/open-director-jake-yuzna-on-sexuality-the-myth-of-queer-cinema-and-horror-fandom/. dead.
  16. Web site: Announcing the 2019 McKnight Media Artist Fellows | FilmNorth. 4 June 2019. 30 November 2020. 12 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190812175827/http://myfilmnorth.org/2019/06/04/announcing-the-2019-mcknight-media-artist-fellows/. dead.
  17. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Jake Yuzna.
  18. Book: The Fun. 9781576876596. 26 November 2013. Yuzna. Jake. powerHouse Books .
  19. Book: Yuzna . Jake . NYC Makers: The MAD Makers Biennial . Tillio . Samantha . 2014 . Museum of Arts and Design . 978-1890385293.
  20. Yuzna . Jake . 2022 . No Joke: Humor as Resistance . Walker Reader . Minneapolis, MN USA . Walker Art Center . 3 December 2023.
  21. Yuzna . Jake . 2022 . Content and Its Discontents . Walker Reader . Minneapolis, MN USA . Walker Art Center . 3 December 2023.

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