Deborah Stratman

Known for

Directing

Born

January 1, 1967 (age 59)

Birthplace

Washington, USA

Biography

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 venu...

Best known work

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

2010

In Order Not to Be Here

2002

The Illinois Parables

2016

O'er the Land

2009

Hacked Circuit

2014

Optimism

2018

Kings of the Sky

2004

From Hetty to Nancy

1997

Musical Insects

2013

Filmography

TBA
Susurrati
Director
TBA
Hello Ladies
Director, Producer
2023
Vever (For Barbara)
Producer, Sound, Director, Editor
2023
Otherhood
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer
2023
Last Things
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
2021
Laika
Director
2021
Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Music
2018
Optimism
Director, Sound Recordist, Camera Operator, Editor, Sound Designer, Writer, Director of Photography
2016
Xenoi
Director
2016
The Illinois Parables
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
2014
Second Sighted
Director, Editor
2014
Hacked Circuit
Director, Writer, Sound Designer
2013
Immortal, Suspended
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer
2013
Musical Insects
Director
2012
Village, Silenced
Director
2011
These Blazeing Starrs!
Director
2010
The Name is not the Thing named
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer
2010
FF
Director
2010
Shrimp Chicken Fish
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer
2010
Ray's Birds
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
2010
Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
Director
2009
O'er the Land
Director, Screenplay
2007
It Will Die Out in the Mind
Director
2007
The Magician's House
Director
2005
How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
Director