John Greyson
John Greyson is a Toronto film/video artist whose shorts, features and installations include: Fig Trees (2009, Best Documentary Teddy, Berlin FIlm Festival; Best Canadian Feature, Inside Out Festival); Proteus (2003, Best Film, Diversity Award, Barcelona Film Festival; Best Actor, Sithenghi Film Festival); The Law of Enclosures (2000, Best Actor Genie); Lilies (1996 - Best Film Genie, Best Film at festivals in Montreal, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, San Francisco); Un©ut (1997, Honourable Mention, Berlin Film Festival); Zero Patience (1993 - Best Canadian Film, Sudbury Film Festival); The Making of Monsters (1991 - Best Canadian Short, Toronto Film Festival, Best Short Film Teddy - Berlin Film Festival); and Urinal (1988 - Best Feature Teddy, Berlin Film Festival). He co-edited Queer Looks, a critical anthology on gay/lesbian film & video (Routledge, 1993), is the author of Urinal and Other Stories (Power Plant/Art Metropole, 1993), and has published essays and artists pieces in Alphabet City, Public, FUSE, and twelve critical anthologies. An associate professor in film production at York University, he was awarded the Toronto Arts Award for Film/Video, 2000, and the Bell Canada Video Art Award in 2007.
Videography
2014, 05:00 minutes, no language
2013, 04:30 minutes, colour, Arabic and English
2012, 15:25 minutes, colour, English
2011, 06:00 minutes, colour, English
2010, 05:14 minutes, B&W, No language
2009, 29:38 minutes, colour, English
2009, 14:00 minutes, colour, English/Bosnian (with subtitles)
2009, 104:00 minutes, colour, English
2008, 09:25 minutes
2006, 09:30 minutes, Colour, English
2004, 05:00 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 08:00 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 05:00 minutes, Colour, English
2001, 06:00 minutes, colour, English
2001, 04:00 minutes, colour, English
1999, 08:00 minutes, colour, English
1998, 05:35 minutes, colour, English
1997, 90:00 minutes, colour, English
1995, 45:00 minutes, colour, English
1994, 85:00 minutes, colour, English
1991, 35:00 minutes, colour, English
1990, 15:00 minutes, colour, English
1989, 32:00 minutes, colour, English
1989, 38:00 minutes, colour, English
Angry Initiatives, Defiant Stategies
1988, 58:00 minutes
1988, 100:00 minutes, English
1987, 04:00 minutes, colour, English
1986, 24:00 minutes, colour, English
Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers
1986, 27:00 minutes, colour, English
1985, 45:00 minutes, colour, English
1985, 21:56 minutes, colour, English
1985, 15:30 minutes, colour, English
1984, 04:58 minutes, colour, English
1983, 35:00 minutes, colour, English
Breathing Through Opposing Nostrils
1982, 35:00 minutes, colour, English
1980, 40:00 minutes, colour, English
1980, 40:00 minutes, colour, English
Critical Writing
by . Guardian Weekly, Oct. 18, 2013, v. 189, no. 19.
by . The parkdale-Liberty Villager, Jan. 10, 2013.
by . TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, Aug. 28, 2009.
by et al. Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation, Sept. 9, 2009.
by . The Globe and Mail, Sept. 2, 2009.
by . The National Post, Sept. 11, 2009.
by et al. The Guardian, Sept. 1, 2009.
by . Now, Jan. 3, 2007, v. 27, no. 18.
by . Fuse, July 2007, v. 30, no. 3.
by . The State of The Arts: Living with Culture in Toronto, 2006. Toronto: Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in publication, 2006.
by . Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Fall 2006, v. 15, no. 2.
by . Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Spring 2003, v. 12, no. 1.
by . EYE WEEKLY, June 13, 2002, v. 11, no. 36.
Convergence Divergence> The Merging Film and Video, 1999. Halifax: The Atlantic Filmmakers' Cooperative, 1999.
by and . Trade Initiative, 1998. Vancouver: Satellite Video Exchange Society, 1998.
by . Queer Looking/ Queer Acting, 1997. Mount St. Vincent: Mount St. Vincent University Press, 1997.
by . YYZ Books, McGill University, 1995.
by . Parallelogramme, 1994, v. 20, no. 3.
by . Cinematheque Film Programme Guide, Fall 1994. Toronto: Cinematheque Ontario, 1994.
by . Now, Feb. 23, 1994, v. 13, no. 26.
by . The Toronto Star, Jan. 21, 1994.
by . Afterimage, Nov. 1994, v. 22, no. 4.
by . The Globe and Mail, Nov. 27, 1993.
by . The Globe and Mail, Sept. 20 Spring, 1993.
by . Xtra!, Sept. 3, 1993, no. 231.
by . Parallèlogramme, 1992, v. 18, no. 3.
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by . Dunlop Art Gallery, 1991. Regina, SK: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1991.
by . Identity and Consciousness: (Re)Presenting the Self, 1991. Regina: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1991.
by . Xtra!, May 10, 1991, no. 172.
by . Now, Jan. 4, 1990, v. 9, no. 17.
by . Matriart, Summer 1990, v. 1, no. 2.
by . Screen, Summer 1990, v. 31, no. 3.
by . Video Networks, 1989, v. 13, no. 314.
by . New American Film and Video Series, 1989. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989.
by . Canadian Art, Summer 1989, v. 6, no. 2.
by . Aspetti e Tendenze della Ricerca Video Canadese, 1989. Ferrara: Ferrara: Centro Video Arte, 1989.
by . Video Guide, Fall 1989, v. 10, no. 48.
by . Cinema Canada, Sept. 1988, no. 155.
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by and . Toronto: A Play of History (Jeu d'histoire), 1987. Toronto: The Power Plant, 1987.
by and . Fuse, Fall 1987, v. 11, no. 3.
by . Afterimage, May 1987, v. 14, no. 10.
by et al. 6 of 1001 Nights of Performance. My giant A Space activity book!, 1986. Toronto: A Space (Artists Space), 1986.
by . The Globe and Mail, Feb. 22, 1984.
by . Toronto: Litho Offset, 1984.
by . The New American Film and Video Series - Whitney Museum of American Art, Jan..