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Bruce LaBruce

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Bruce LaBruce

Born January 3, 1964 in Tiverton, Ontario, Canada40 films

Bruce LaBruce is an internationally acclaimed Canadian filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto. Along with a number of short films, he has written and directed nine feature films, including Gerontophilia, which won the Grand Prix at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal in 2013, and Pierrot Lunaire, which won the Teddy Award Special Jury Prize at the Berlinale in 2014. Most recently, LaBruce has been honoured with film retrospectives at both TIFF/Bell Lightbox 2014, and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 2015. The MoMA retrospective featured all nine of LaBruce’s features as well as a program of short films. All of the films have now become part of MoMA’s permanent film collection. His films explore themes of sexual and interpersonal transgression against cultural norms, frequently blending the artistic and production techniques of independent film with gay pornography.

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Gerontophilia posterFirst watchGerontophilia20136.0Lake is in a straight relationship with Desiree but finds himself becoming attracted to men at the pool. When he cannot control his desires any longer, he starts working at an adult home…View film

Essential films

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Otto; or, Up with Dead People poster5.3Otto; or, Up with Dead People2008

Filmography

40 films as director
  1. TBAMary, MaryDirector
  2. TBAThird TakeDirector
  3. 2026EggDirector
  4. 2024The VisitorDirector
  5. 2022The Affairs of LidiaDirector
  6. 2021Saint-NarcisseDirector
  7. 2020Tom of FinlandDirector
  8. 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirector
  9. 2018XConfessions 15Director
  10. 2018Valentin, Pierre & CatalinaDirector
  11. 2018Flea PitDirector
  12. 2018XConfessions 14Director
  13. 2018Scotch EggDirector
  14. 2018It Is Not the Pornographer That Is Perverse...Director
  15. 2018Uber MenschenDirector
  16. 2017XConfessions 9Director
  17. 2017The MisandristsDirector
  18. 2017Ulrike's BrainDirector
  19. 2017Sodomise MeDirector
  20. 2014Défense de fumerDirector
  21. 2014Pierrot LunaireDirector
  22. 2013GerontophiliaDirector
  23. 2012Fucking Different XXXDirector
  24. 2011Offing JackDirector
  25. 2010Weekend in AlphavilleDirector
  26. 2010Into the Night With Harmony Korine and Gaspar NoeDirector
  27. 2010The Bad Breast; or, The Strange Case of Theda LangeDirector
  28. 2010L.A. ZombieDirector
  29. 2008Otto; or, Up with Dead PeopleDirector
  30. 2007Give Piece of Ass a ChanceDirector
  31. 2004The Raspberry ReichDirector
  32. 1999Skin FlickDirector
  33. 1999Frankfurt StoriesDirector
  34. 1996Hustler WhiteDirector
  35. 1994Super 8½Director
  36. 1992Slam!Director
  37. 1991No Skin Off My AssDirector
  38. 1988Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home MoviesDirector
  39. 1987I Know What It's Like to Be DeadDirector
  40. 1987Boy / GirlDirector