Cam Archer

filmmaker, photographer

FAMOUS FILMS (selection):

• SHIT YEAR (2010)
• WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN (2006)

• DENIS CÔTÉ
  on SILENCE
• PABLO LARRAÍN
  on HISTORY
• MARGARETHE VON TROTTA
  on COURAGE
• ULRICH SEIDL
  on PARADISE
• URSULA MEIER
  on SPEED
• HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMID
  on STORYTELLING
• OLIVER HERMANUS
  on OBSESSION
• YORGOS LANTHIMOS
  on FAMILY
• MICHAEL GLAWOGGER
  on TRAVELLING
• AGNÈS GODARD
  on PERSPECTIVES
• BENEDIKT SCHIEFER
  on SOUND
• BEKI PROBST
  on SUCCESS
• JAMES BENNING
  on TIME
• JAN KRÜGER
  on DESIRE
• ANGELINA MACCARONE
  on EYES
• ULRIKE OTTINGER
  on PLACES
• ARTHUR COHN
  on PRODUCING
• CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
  on LOOKS
• MARIN KARMITZ
  on COLLECTING
• CHRISTINE VACHON
  on HEROES
• CHRISTOPH HOCHHÄUSLER
  on ARCHITECTURE
• WIELAND SPECK
  on FESTIVALS
• XAVIER DOLAN
  on IMAGINATION
• CAM ARCHER
  on STILLNESS
• HAPPY NEW YEAR
  CINEPHILE NEW YEAR GREETINGS
• TOM TYKWER
  on CHANCE
• Special Issue #1
  FILM and LITERATURE
• "JOE" WEERASETHAKUL
  on MEMORY
• NIKI REISER
  on COMPOSING
• SHIRIN NESHAT
  on ART and POWER
• HARRIS SAVIDES
  on BEAUTY
• PETER PRZYGODDA
  on EDITING
• JESSICA HAUSNER
  on IMAGES and MEANING
• DOMINIK GRAF
  on TELEVISION
• ANGELA SCHANELEC
  on SPACES
• ANDRES VEIEL
  on DOCUMENTARIES
• MICHAEL HANEKE
  on VIOLENCE
• AGNÈS VARDA
  on POETRY
• HARUN FAROCKI
  on MATERIAL
• DANI LEVY
  on HUMOUR
• WIM WENDERS
  on PHOTOGRAPHY
• CATHERINE BREILLAT
  on INTIMACY
• ANDREAS DRESEN
  on AUTHENTICITY
• ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
  on SEX
• CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
  on COMMUNICATION
• MIKE LEIGH
  on THEATRE
• JONATHAN CAOUETTE
  on CINEPHILIA
• MICHAEL ALTHEN
  on REMEMBERING
• BRUCE LA BRUCE
  on PERVERSION
• KEN LOACH
  on POLITICAL CINEMA

CAM ARCHER on STILLNESS

During his youth Cam Archer discovered still photography and right after went on doing his first short films and music videos. Thus he discovered the medium film. His first feature film WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN (2006) has been produced by Gus Van Sant and his second film SHIT YEAR (2010) has been celebrated at the Cannes film festival in 2010. To us Cam Archer spoke about the possibilty to create the stillness of photography with the moving images of cinema.

CAM ARCHER über STILLE

Als Jugendlicher hat Cam Archer die Photographie entdeckt, um bald mit zahlreichen Kurzfilmen und Musikvideos erste Erfahrungen mit dem Medium Film zu machen. Seinen Filmdebut WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN (2006) hat Gus Van Sant produziert, sein zweiter Film SHIT YEAR (2010) feierte in der Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes im Mai 2010 seine Weltpremiere. Mit uns hat Cam Archer  über die Möglichkeit, die Stille der Photographie im Film herzustellen, gesprochen.

Zu dem Essay: Bilder, die kein Ende haben?