Naomi Uman

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Naomi Uman
Born New York City, United States
Nationality American
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

Naomi Uman is an American 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] 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]

Filmography

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  • Leche (1998, 16mm, b&w, sound, 30 min.)
  • Tin Woodsman (2008, 16mm, color, sound, 6 min.)
  • Removed (1999, 16mm, color, sound, 6 min.)
  • Lay (2006, 16mm, b&w, sound, 15 min.)
  • Coda (2008, 16mm, b&w, sound, 3 min.)
  • Kalendar (2008, 16mm, color, silent, 11 min.)
  • On this Day (2006, 16mm, color, sound, 4 min.)
  • Unnamed Film (2008, 16mm, color/b&w, sound, 55 min.)

Awards

Uman was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Film, US & Canada in 2002.[7] In 2008 she was awarded a Media Arts Fellowship by Tribeca Film Institute.[2]

References

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