Ramon Bloomberg
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Ramon Bloomberg (born 1972) is a British filmmaker and writer. He was born in Sheffield, England, and is based in London.[1] He has worked in documentary and short film, music videos and advertising. His documentary Area K: A Political Fishing Documentary, co-directed with Nadav Harel, won Best Documentary at the 2002 Brooklyn Film Festival and received a Certificate of Merit at the 2002 San Francisco International Film Festival.[2][3] His 2014 short film T's World: The Over-identification of Terry Thompson received an honourable mention at DOK Leipzig.[4]
Career
[edit]In the early 2000s, Bloomberg co-directed Area K: A Political Fishing Documentary with filmmaker Nadav Harel. The documentary follows a business partnership between Palestinian fishermen from the Gaza Strip and Israeli counterparts living in Dugit.[2] The film was also included in the World Cinema programme at the 2002 Film Fest Gent.[5] At the Brooklyn Film Festival it received the award for Best Documentary, while the San Francisco International Film Festival gave it a Certificate of Merit in the current-events category.[2][3]
Bloomberg subsequently worked in music videos and advertising. A 2006 press release from Accor, issued for a Novotel advertising campaign he directed, credited his earlier music-video work for acts including Metric, My Robot Friend and Maxïmo Park.[6] In 2007 Bloomberg was among the filmmakers included in Saatchi & Saatchi's New Directors Showcase.[7] His short film Horse Territory later appeared in the 2008 AFI Fest programme.[8]
His later short films include Green Spirit, Chinese Shadows, Trans Vector, Glacis and T's World: The Over-identification of Terry Thompson.[1] T's World concerns the events surrounding the 2011 release of exotic animals from a private property near Zanesville, Ohio. A DOK Leipzig programme description notes that the film combines live-action material, police-car video, satellite imagery and computer-animated re-enactments.[9] It received an honourable mention at DOK Leipzig in 2014.[4]
Bloomberg has also written on media and technology. In 2015 the journal Culture Machine published his essay "Dancing to a Tune: The Drone as Political and Historical Assemblage", which examines the term "drone" in technological, political and cultural contexts.[10]
Selected filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Area K: A Political Fishing Documentary | Co-directed with Nadav Harel[2] |
| 2006 | Horse Territory | Short film[1] |
| 2008 | Green Spirit | Short film[1] |
| 2010 | Chinese Shadows | Short film[1] |
| 2011 | Trans Vector | Short film[1] |
| 2013 | Glacis | Short film[1] |
| 2014 | T's World: The Over-identification of Terry Thompson | Short documentary[9] |
Music videos
[edit]| Year | Artist | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Metric | "Calculation Theme" | Director[6] |
| 2005 | Supersystem | "Born into the World" | Co-directed with Elliot Jokelson[11] |
| 2005 | Luke Temple | "Private Shipwreck" | Director[12] |
| 2006 | Maxïmo Park | "I Want You to Stay" | Director[6] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Doc Alliance, "Ramon Bloomberg", DAFilms director catalogue.
- 1 2 3 4 Brooklyn Film Festival, "AREA K – A Political Fishing Documentary", festival year 2002.
- 1 2 Film Threat, "Golden Gate Awards at SFIFF", 4 April 2002.
- 1 2 film-documentaire.fr, "T's World: The Overidentification of Terry Thompson", selections and distinctions.
- ↑ Film Fest Gent, "Area K (Area K – A Political Fishing Documentary)", 2002 edition.
- 1 2 3 Accor, press release concerning the 2006 Novotel advertising campaign, 27 November 2006.
- ↑ Fast Company, "25 Years, 25 Directors: Saatchi Marks A Quarter Century Of Its New Directors Showcase", 2015.
- ↑ Film Threat, "2008 AFI FEST Announces Full Schedule", 2008.
- 1 2 Doc Alliance, "T's World: The Over-identification of Terry Thompson", DAFilms.
- ↑ Ramon Bloomberg, "Dancing to a Tune: The Drone as Political and Historical Assemblage", Culture Machine, vol. 16, 2015.
- ↑ HIP Video Promo, "Supersystem – Born Into The World", 2005.
- ↑ HIP Video Promo, "Luke Temple – Private Shipwreck", 2005.
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