Vanessa Renwick

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Other

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Vanessa Renwick

Biography

Vanessa Olivia Renwick is a non-binary artist of Scottish and German descent, born on the traditional and unceded territory of the Illiniwek in what is now known as Chicago, Illinois. They live and work as an uninvited guest on the traditional territory of the Chinookan peoples, now known as Portland, Oregon. Often focusing their lens on nature, freedom and the locales of their adopted home, the Pacific Northwest, Renwick uses avant-garde formal elements to explore radical politics and environmental issues. An artist who often self-distributes, their screening history reads as a map of independent cinema worldwide. They have screened work in hundreds of venues internationally, institutional and not, including The Museum of Modern Art, Light Industry, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Art Basel, Oberhausen, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Centre Pompidou, Bread and Puppet Theater and True/False Film Festival, among many others.

Known For

Director

Lovejoy

as Director

2022
Bells in Five

as Director

2020
2019
Cold Holy Water

as Director

2018
Kesh

as Director

2016
2015
CRACK HOUSE

as Director

2014
layover

as Director

2012
SF HITCH

as Director

2006
2003
2002
9 is a Secret

as Director

2001
Richart

as Director

1998
1994
Worse

as Director

1984
Crowdog

as Director

1983
Toxic Shock

as Director

Editor

2018
Kesh

as Editor

2016
2015
CRACK HOUSE

as Editor

2014
layover

as Editor

2012
SF HITCH

as Editor

2006
2003
1998
1994
Worse

as Editor

1984
Crowdog

as Editor

Crew

2016
NEXT LEVEL FUCKED UP

as Cinematography

2015
CRACK HOUSE

as Cinematography

2012
SF HITCH

as Cinematography

1998
The Yodeling Lesson

as Cinematography

1994
Worse

as Cinematography

1984
Crowdog

as Cinematography

Camera

2001
Richart

as Director of Photography

2000
Nest of Tens

as Director of Photography

1998
The Amateurist

as Camera Operator

Writer

2012
SF HITCH

as Writer

1984
Crowdog

as Story

Actor

2012
SF HITCH

as Narrator (voice)

1984
Crowdog

as Narrator (voice)