Mapplethorpe

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

If the controversial, fiery queer photographer Robert Mapplethorpe became part of art history due to his emotive compositions of naked, exposed bodies and exotic, theatrical S&M scenes, this cinematic depiction of his (shot in 16mm film) will be remembered in film history as the most nuanced anaglyph of the portrait of an artist as a young man. A movie that uniquely captures the spirit of New York in the late 70s, as well as the defiant spirit of a personality that still affects the aesthetics and emotions of our era.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Ondi Timoner

Script: Ondi Timoner, Mikko Alanne, Bruce Goodrich

Cinematography: Nancy Schreiber

Editing: John David Allen, Lee Percy, Ondi Timoner

Sound: Filipe Messeder, Gillian Arthur

Music: Marcelo Zarvos

Actors: Matt Smith, Mark Moses, John Benjamin Hickey, Marianne Rendón, Brandon Sklenar, Hari Nef, Carolyn McCormick, Rotimi Paul, Brian Stokes Mitchell

Production: Boston Diva Productions, Interloper Films

Producers: Eliza Dushku, Ondi Timoner, Nate Dushku,Richard J. Bosner

Co-producers: Rosemary Lombard, Amnon Lourie, Benjamin Schwartz, Linda Pizzuti Henry

Art Direction: Johan Markowitz, Gonzalo Cordoba

Costumes: Tom Broecker

Executive producer: Sam Maydew, Peter Palandjian

Camera: Jill Tufts

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2018

Duration: 94΄

Contact: The Film Collaborative, jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org

Awards/Distinctions: Audience Choice Award – Sidewalk FF 2018

Ondi Timoner

Ondi Timoner is an American film director, producer, editor and entrepreneur, Born in Miami, Florida, Timoner is a graduate of Yale University. She is the founder and CEO of Interloper Films, a production company located in Pasadena, California. She is the only two-time recipient of Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize for documentaries (DIG! and We Live In Public) Both works are in the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art. Current projects include WeTalk, her traveling talk show celebrating the women shaping our culture across arts, entrepreneurship, government, and technology.