Floria Sigismondi

Floria Sigismondi

Birth : 1965-01-01, Pescara, Italy

History

​Canadian photographer and director Floria Sigismondi started her career as a fashion photographer. She is best known for writing and directing The Runaways. She came to directing music videos when she was approached by the production company The Revolver Film Co., and directed music videos for a number of Canadian bands.  In October 2004 she gave birth to a daughter, Tosca Vera Sigismondi-Berlin. The father is her husband Lillian Berlin, the lead singer of the American alternative rock band Living Things. Sigismondi resides in Toronto, New York City, and Los Angeles. Her daughter is named after the Italian opera Tosca. Floria herself was named after the main character.

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Floria Sigismondi

Movies

The Turning
The Turning
Director
A young woman quits her teaching job to be a private tutor for two wealthy young kids, but soon starts to suspect there’s more to their house than what meets the eye.
72 Hours In André Balazs’ Chateau Marmont With Kenneth Anger
72 Hours In André Balazs’ Chateau Marmont With Kenneth Anger
Director
On LA’s iconic Sunset Boulevard and inside the glamorous rooms of ChateauMarmont, Floria Sigismondi shot Kenneth Anger for an additional special edition for System Magazine.
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
Great Performers: Horror Show
Great Performers: Horror Show
Director of Photography
Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.
Great Performers: Horror Show
Great Performers: Horror Show
Director
Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Director
Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band's album Valtari. The idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utmost creative freedom. These 16 films are the result. Sad, funny, beautiful and, occasionally, plain bewildering, they represent just some of the available emotional responses to this most contemplative album.
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
Director
An omnibus of 42 short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.
The Runaways
The Runaways
Screenplay
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
The Runaways
The Runaways
Director
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
Postmortem Bliss
Postmortem Bliss
Director
The over-medicated, addicted, and misdiagnosed generation of today.
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
Director
A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Director
A compilation of all of the band's music videos up until 1999. Also featured is exclusive footage cut from "The Dope Show" video and an hour of live and backstage footage from the Rock is Dead tour.
Bouncer
Bouncer
Director
Based on the comic book/graphic novel by Alejandro Jodorowsky.