Louise Bourque Explained

Louise Bourque (born 1963^[1]) is a Acadian French Canadian experimental filmmaker.^{[2] [3]}

Background and career

She taught cinema in her native Edmundston and in Boston, Mass. She lives in Montreal after a 25-year absence. She had a relationship with fellow filmmaker Joe Gibbons in the late 1990s before breaking up.^[4]

Since 1989, her works involve physical manipulation of emulsion and imprints of memory and trauma using her own home movies and other types of found footage.^{[5] [6]}

Selected filmography

• Bye Bye Now (2022)
• The Bleeding Heart of It (2006)
• Self Portrait Post Mortem (2002)
• Going Back Home (2001)
• The People in the House (1994)
• Just Words (1991)

Sources:^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

See also

Other female Canadian collage filmmakers similar in content:

• Christina Battle
• Christine Lucy Latimer

External links

• IMDb
• Louise Bourque: Scene of the Crime, a video essay by Stephen Broomer on Vimeo

Notes and References

1. https://handmadecinema.com/filmmaker/louise-bourque/ Handmade Cinema
2. https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-33-louise-bourque Light Cone
3. https://film-makerscoop.com/filmmakers/louise-bourque The Film-Makers Cooperative
4. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/10/27/joe-gibbons-artist-or-thief/2/ Joe Gibbons, the Bank-Robbing Filmmaker - Page 2 of 2 - Boston Magazine
5. https://expcinema.org/site/en/books/imprints-films-louise-bourque Imprints: The Films of Louise Bourque|Experimental Cinema
6. https://bigredandshiny.org/4739/a-conversation-with-louise-bourque/ A CONVERSATION WITH LOUISE BOURQUE - Big Red & Shiny
7. https://expcinema.org/site/en/events/self-portrait-and-other-ruins-cinema-louise-bourque Self Portrait and Other Ruins: The cinema of Louise Bourque|Experimental Cinema
8. https://letterboxd.com/director/louise-bourque/ Letterboxd
9. https://www.hallwalls.org/media-arts/4417.html Louise Bourque - THE FILMS OF LOUISE BOURQUE - 12/3/05 - Hallwalls
10. https://mubi.com/en/cast/louise-bourque MUBI