Steve Sanguedolce

Filmmaker Steve Sanguedolce was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He belongs to the Escarpment School, Canada's third generation of experimental filmmakers, which includes such directors as Mike Cartmell, Marion McMahon, Rick Hancox, Gary Popovich, Mike Hoolboom and Philip Hoffman. Steve Sanguedolce has been an active member of Toronto's independent film community for over thirty years winning numerous international awards. Over the past 15 years he has been hand developing and hand colouring motion picture film to great acclaim. Much of his time has been spent teaching at local universities, community colleges or conducting independent filmmaking workshops across the country. Sanguedolce's films tread the thin line between fiction, documentary and the avant garde. He incorporates interviews with real people into his hyper real world of kaleidoscope visuals and hand-processed film. Whereas the emotional content of his films is deeply intimate, it is nonetheless widely universal and reflective of the human condition. His films include: Blinding, 2011; Dead Time, 2005; Smack, 2000; Away, 1996; Sweetblood, 1993; Mexico, 1992; Rhythms of the Heart, 1990; Woodbridge, 1985; Full Moon Darkness, 1983.