Deborah Stratman

Directing·Jan 1, 1967·Washington, USA

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Deborah Stratman is a Chicago-based artist and filmmaker interested in landscapes and systems. Her films, rather than telling stories, pose a series of problems – and through their at times ambiguous nature, allow for a complicated reading of the questions being asked. Much of her work points to the relationships between physical environments and the very human struggles for power and control that are played out on the land. Most recently, they have questioned elemental historical narratives about faith, freedom, sonic subterfuge, expansionism and the paranormal. Stratman works in multiple mediums, including sculpture, photography, drawing and audio. She has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitney Biennial, MoMA NY, the Pompidou, Hammer Museum, Witte de With, Walker Art Center, Yerba Buena Center, and has done site-specific projects with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Temporary Services, Mercer Union (Toronto), Blaffer Gallery (Houston), Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (Yukon) and Ballroom Gallery (Marfa). Stratman’s films have been featured at numerous international festivals including Sundance, the Viennale, Full Frame, Ann Arbor, Oberhausen and Rotterdam. She is the recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships, a Creative Capital award, and she currently teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Film	Credit
Vever (For Barbara)2023 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Otherhood2023 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Last Things2023 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Laika2021 · Director	Director
Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being2021 · Director	Director
Optimism2018 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Xenoi2016 · Director	Director
The Illinois Parables2016 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
Second Sighted2014 · Director	Director
Hacked Circuit2014 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Immortal, Suspended2013 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
MMusical Insects2013 · Director	Director
VVillage, Silenced2012 · Director	Director
These Blazeing Starrs!2011 · Director	Director
The Name is not the Thing named2010 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
FF2010 · Director	Director
Shrimp Chicken Fish2010 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
RRay's Birds2010 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)2010 · Director	Director
O'er the Land2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Magician's House2007 · Director	Director
IIt Will Die Out in the Mind2007 · Director	Director
HHow Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones2005 · Director	Director
Kings of the Sky2004 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Los Angeles Plays Itself2004 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Energy Country2004 · Director	Director
In Order Not to Be Here2002 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Untied2001 · Director	Director
The BLVD1999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
From Hetty to Nancy1997 · Director	Director
On the Various Nature of Things1996 · Director	Director
SSusurratiDirector	Director
HHello LadiesDirector, Producer	Director, Producer