Naomi Uman
American and Mexican experimental filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naomi Uman is an American and Mexican experimental filmmaker and a visual artist.[1] Uman received an MFA in Filmmaking from CalArts in 1998.[2] Uman's work is often "marked by her signature handmade aesthetic, often shooting, hand-processing and editing her films with the most rudimentary of practices."[3] She was once private chef to Gloria Vanderbilt, Malcolm Forbes, and Calvin Klein. Her award-winning films have screened widely at major international festivals as well as the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City.[4]
Naomi Uman | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | American and Mexican |
| Education | California Institute of the Arts, 1998 |
| Known for | Video art, Film director, Visual artist |
| Notable work | Leche, Removed, Unnamed Film, Videodiary 2-1-2006 To The Present |
| Movement | Feminism |
- Love of 3 Oranges (1993)
- Grass (1997)
- Leche (1998)
- Removed (1999)
- Private Movie (2000)
- Developing Memory (2002)
- Hand Eye Coordination (2002)
- Clay (2008)
- Coda (2008)
- Kalendar (2008)
- On This Day (2008)
- Unnamed Film (2008)
Uman was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Film, US & Canada in 2002.[6] In 2008 she was awarded a Media Arts Fellowship by Tribeca Film Institute.[2]
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