Biography
Marie Losier (born in 1972 in France) is a filmmaker and curator currently working in New York City. Losier’s films and videos have been exhibited at museums, galleries, biennials and festivals. She studied literature at the University of Nanterre in France and then pursued her studies at Fine Art in New York City. She has done multiple film portraits on various avant-garde directors, musicians and composers such as Mike and George Kuchar, Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman, Tony Conrad and Genesis P-Orridge. Losier’s unconventional, lyrical and whimsical work explores the life and work of these artists. Her films are shown at films festivals and museums, such as The Tate Modern, the Whitney Biennial, PS1, MOMA, The Berlin Film Festival, The International Film Festival Rotterdam, Tribeca Film Festival, The Cinémathèqhe Française and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris.
Losier started working on her first feature film 5 years ago, in which she captures the life of the musical virtuoso Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and her band Psychic TV. Her unfinished work was presented at The Centre George Pompidou in 2009 to open ‘Hors Pistes’ as well as at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.
She currently lives and works in New York and is film curator at the Alliance Française since 2000, where she presents a weekly film series. While working at the Alliance Française, she has hosted many directors and artists, such as Raoul Coutard, William Klein, Claire Denis, Chantal Akerman, Jane Birkin, and Jeanne Moreau.
She also programmed experimental films at the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema and Ocularis and today programs and bring experimental films series in Europe and all over in the States.
Filmography
all 41
Movies 41
Director 35
self 2
Bearded Birds (2022)
Taxidermize Me (2021)
Electric Storm: 100 Years of Theremin (2020)
The Return of Tragedy (2020)
Which Is Witch ? (2020)
Felix in Wonderland (2019)
Waltz Me Trust Me (2019)
Draw Me Now (2018)
Cassandro, the Exotico! (2018)
Here in Lisbon (2015)
L'oiseau de la nuit (2015)
Alan Vega: Just a Million Dreams (2014)
Hermaphrodite (2014)
Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas (2014)
Peaches and Jesper Are On A Boat, Who Stays Afloat? (2013)
Paradox (2013)
Byun, Objet trouvé (2012)
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012)
Eat My Makeup! (2010)
Cet air-là (2010)
Slap The Gondola! (2009)
Experiments in Terror 3 (2009)
Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers (2008)
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist (2008)
Papal Broken-Dance (2008)
Manuelle Labor (2007)
Flying Saucey! (2006)
The Prayers of Cupie LaRue (2005)
The Ontological Cowboy (2005)
Electrocute Your Stars (2004)
Lunch Break on the Xerox Machine (2003)
Burnout (2003)
Bird, Bath and Beyond (2003)
Shepherd’s Poem (2002)
The Touch Retouched (2002)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (2001)
How to Fold a Green Screen
Orlan meets Genesis
Hellooo George from Wherever You Are! A Wink to the Sky
Miniature Houses of Chicago Museum of Modern Art
Download Yourself
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GenderFemale
Birthday1972-01-01 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceBoulogne-Billancourt, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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