Marco Brambilla

Marco Brambilla

Marco Brambilla (born 1960, Milan, Italy) is an Italian-born Canadian artist and filmmaker who works in the United States. Educated at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, where he studied film, he first worked in commercials and feature films, directing the successful 1993 science fiction film Demolition Man. In 1998 he shifted focus to video and photography projects, and has since exhibited works in private and public collections, including at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, "Cyclorama" at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and "HalfLife" at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, His commissions include "Superstar" for the "59th Minute" series in Times Square in 1999, and "Arcadia" for "Massless Medium: Explorations in Sensory Immersion" at Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage in 2001, both for New York public arts organization Creative Time. His installation, "Cathedral" was showcased during the Toronto International Film Festival 2008 and his latest work "Civilization" will be a permanent installation at the Standard Hotel in New York when it opens in 2009. Transit, a collection of photographs Brambilla took in and around national and international airports, was published by Booth-Clibborn Editions in 2000. Brambilla currently lives and works between New York and Los Angeles.

  • Title: Marco Brambilla
  • Popularity: 3.904
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1960-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Milano, Italy
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Marco Brambilla Movies

  • 1997
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    Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage

    6 1997 HD

    A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

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  • 1993
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    Demolition Man

    Demolition Man

    6.7 1993 HD

    Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, escapes during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are...

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  • 2006
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    Destricted

    Destricted

    4.4 2006 HD

    A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.

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  • 2022
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    7 Deaths of Maria Callas

    7 Deaths of Maria Callas

    7 2022 HD

    A meditation on the female body as a source of both power and pain that focuses on the tragic figure of renowned American-Greek opera singer Maria...

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  • 2012
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    Evolution Megaplex

    Evolution Megaplex

    1 2012 HD

    The history of humankind is illustrated as a vast side-scrolling video mural depicting the spectacle of human conflict across time through the lens...

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  • 2006
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    Destricted

    Destricted

    4.4 2006 HD

    A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.

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  • 2008
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    Civilization

    Civilization

    1 2008 HD

    Civilization is a multi-layered tableau of interconnecting images that illustrates a contemporary, satirical take on the concepts of eternal...

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  • 2008
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    Cathedral

    Cathedral

    1 2008 HD

    Cathedral was filmed at the Toronto Eaton Centre mega mall during the Christmas shopping season. Here is consumerism as spectacle: Throngs of...

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  • 1999
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    Cyclorama

    Cyclorama

    1 1999 HD

    Filmed in 35mm at nine revolving restaurants across North America—including ones in Seattle, Las Vegas, St. Louis, and New York—Cyclorama...

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  • 2006
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    Sea of Tranquility

    Sea of Tranquility

    1 2006 HD

    In this computer-generated “time-lapse study” of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, the Eagle spacecraft and the American flag planted...

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  • 1999
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    Gateway

    Gateway

    1 1999 HD

    Shot from the point of view of a passenger aircraft, Getaway begins with an aerial view of a generic industrial district and ends with a landing on...

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  • 2001
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    Wall of Death

    Wall of Death

    1 2001 HD

    In the carnival act “Wall of Death,” first performed in the 1930s, a motorcyclist rides around the inside of a wooden drum, maintaining a...

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  • 2002
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    HalfLife (Surveillance Channel)

    HalfLife (Surveillance Channel)

    1 2002 HD

    The multi-channel video installation HalfLife juxtaposes surveillance footage of video gamers in cyber-cafés playing the popular video game,...

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  • 1999
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    Approach

    Approach

    1 1999 HD

    Filmed at John F. Kennedy Airport, Approach catches passengers arriving from long-haul flights as they enter the terminal looking for contact with...

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  • 1999
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    Superstar

    Superstar

    1 1999 HD

    Inspired by Yves Klein’s Leap into the Void (1960), Superstar was commissioned by Creative Time to be presented on the Jumbotron screen in...

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  • 2001
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    Sequel

    Sequel

    1 2001 HD

    Film footage of Sylvester Stallone in Brambilla's 1993 debut feature-film, Demolition Man, is re-photographed through the gate of a 35mm projector...

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  • 2005
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    Sync: Watch

    Sync: Watch

    1 2005 HD

    Sync features three screens of densely edited film footage, each organized around a different theme—fight scenes, sex scenes, and theater...

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  • 2009
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    Ghost (Natasha Poly: Multiple Exposure)

    Ghost (Natasha Poly: Multiple Exposure)

    1 2009 HD

    Set against a stark, monochromatic background with a hairless Poly as the centerpiece, the video gives you an unsettling feeling that something...

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  • 1970
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    Heaven’s Gate

    Heaven’s Gate

    1 1970 HD

    Creating a continuous loop through cinematic history, New York-based video artist Marco Bramilla satirizes seminal moments of the silver screen in...

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  • 2011
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    Flashback

    Flashback

    1 2011 HD

    FLashback deals with the collective subconscious and memory using film iconography, the work is presented in a thirty-six block video matrix spanning...

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  • 2002
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    Dinotopia

    Dinotopia

    6.5 2002 HD

    After a plane crash strands two brothers on a lost continent where dinosaurs and humans live together in harmony, they disagree over escape plans. ...

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  • 2006
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    Sync

    Sync

    4 2006 HD

    'Sync' is made up of sampled images from sex scenes in mainstream and adult films. The formulaic and often derivative nature of the way this subject...

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  • 2006
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    Sync

    Sync

    4 2006 HD

    'Sync' is made up of sampled images from sex scenes in mainstream and adult films. The formulaic and often derivative nature of the way this subject...

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  • 2020
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    The Four Temperaments

    The Four Temperaments

    8 2020 HD

    The work follows Greek philosopher Galen’s classification of four personality dispositions—sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and...

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  • 2019
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    Nude Descending A Staircase No. 3

    Nude Descending A Staircase No. 3

    1 2019 HD

    3-channel high-definition video installation

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  • 2019
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    Pelleas et Melisande

    Pelleas et Melisande

    1 2019 HD

    Work by artist Marco Brambilla.

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  • 2015
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    Apollo XVIII

    Apollo XVIII

    1 2015 HD

    4K ultra-high definition, dual-screen video tile display in custom enclosure

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  • 2011
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    RPM

    RPM

    1 2011 HD

    The line between man and machine is blurred in this 3D video collage. Commissioned by Ferrari S.p.A., RPM presents a compelling psychological...

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  • 1970
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    After a plane crash, two opposing half-brothers find themselves on an amazing lost island where enlightened pacifist humans and intelligent talking...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves...

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