Bio

 

Vivienne Dick began making films in New York in the late seventies where her work has been associated with the No Wave music movement. She lived in London for 15 years where she raised her son, continued making work and was a member of The London Filmmaker’s Coop. Her work has been screened widely at festivals and museums including The Whitney Biennale, IMMA New York and Dublin, Tate Britain, and The Pompidou Centre. She has received a number of Production Awards from the British and Irish Arts Councils.

 

 

Her work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, Anthology Archives and The Irish Archives. She was elected member of Aosdana in 2007. She continues to make and show films and lives and teaches in the West of Ireland. 

Filmography

 

THE TRUE CENTRE IS ALWAYS NEW

2007

 

MOLECULAR MOMENT

2006

 

SACCADE

2004

 

EXCLUDED BY THE NATURE OF THINGS

2002 – 8min

 

TWO BE TWO, SHORT

1999 – 4min

 

A SKINNY LITTLE MAN ATTACKED DADDY

1994

 

TWO PIGEONS

1990 – 4min

 

LONDON SUITE

1989 – 28min

 

IMAGES IRELAND

1988 – 9min

 

POBAL –PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

1988 – 25min

 

ROTHACH

1985 – 8min

 

LIKE DAWN TO DUST

1983 – 6min

 

TRAILER

1983 – 10min

 

LOISAIDA

1982 – 3min

 

VISIBILITY: MODERATE

1981 – 45min

 

LIBERTY’S BOOTY

1980 – 47min

 

BEAUTY BECOMES THE BEAST

1979 – 40min

 

SHE HAD HER GUN ALL READY

1978 – 28min

 

GUERRILLERE TALKS

1978 – 28min

 

STATEN ISLAND

1978 – 5min

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