Naomi Uman | |
---|---|
Born | |
Nationality | American and Mexican |
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 and Mexican 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] She was 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]
Uman was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Film, US & Canada in 2002. [6] In 2008 she was awarded a Media Arts Fellowship by Tribeca Film Institute. [2]