Derrick Belcham

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Derrick Belcham
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Born (1980-07-07) July 7, 1980 (age 43)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
Occupation
Years active2010 - Present
Websitederrickbelcham.com

Derrick Belcham[1] is a Canadian independent filmmaker and theatre director best known for directing The Take Away Shows,[2][3] Juliana Barwick: Nebula, Otis Walks Into The Woods and The Antlers: Hotel.[4][5]

Career

Belcham's first contribution to La Blogotheque's Take Away Show series, a web and television series focusing on musicians presenting their works in raw and personal settings, was an intimate performance by Wilco at L'Olympia Theatre in Montreal, QC, in March of 2010. Belcham's collaboration with La Blogotheque[6] would lead to him collaborating on more than 75 entries, with artists such as Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Thurston Moore, Spoon,[7][8] Perfume Genius,[9] Neko Case,[10] Weyes Blood,[11] and many others.[12]

Belcham received a Graham Foundation[13] award in 2013 for a video series he made with musicians Julianna Barwick, Liz Harris, Bill Orcutt, and curator Jordan Stein at the Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.[14]

In 2016, Belcham collaborated on a filmed improvisation at the Philip Johnson Glass House[15] with Ryuichi Sakamoto[16] and Carten Nicolai, the audio recording of which became Sakamoto's "Glass" piece,[17] released on NOTON in September. In the same year, Belcham began working with choreographer Emily Terndrup on a series of multidisciplinary performances titled "The Wilder Papers," "Debut," and "Fable" at the Knockdown Center,[18] combining the compositions of Bing & Ruth, Julianna Barwick,[19] Blonde Redhead, and Hannah Epperson with a team of dancers and actors to create evening-length immersive theatre works.[20]

Belcham created narrative music videos for artists like Colin Stetson,[21] Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, Dave Gahan,[22] The Antlers, Marissa Nadler, My Brightest Diamond, Basia Bulat,[23] Trixie Whitley, and Yamantaka Sonic Titan over the next five years,[24] which were featured on Pitchfork,[25][26][27] Rolling Stone,[28] NME,[29][30][31] and other notable sites.

"At Noon Fell A Darkness," a poetic depiction of Icelandic artists and poets moving into the near-endless darkness of an Icelandic winter, was Belcham's first feature-length documentary, released in 2020.

"Green To Gold,"[32] Belcham's second feature-length dance film, was released in 2021 and follows Bobbi-Jene Smith, Or Schraiber, and their daughter Dea as they relocate to a rural farm in upstate New York and traverse the dramatic changes of a tumultuous relationship. The soundtrack for the film is composed of songs from the Antlers' album "Green To Gold."[33][34]

Belcham has collaborated with modern classical composers such as Noveller, Tristen Krasten Krause, and Brendon Randall-Myers[35] on a number of experimental light-based films throughout the years, in addition to his narrative and performance-oriented films.[36][37]

Select filmography

Year Title Role Genre Music
2011 Everything Is Outta Site Co-Director (with Vincent Moon) Documentary and Installation The Luyas, Yamantaka Sonic

Titan, Red Bird Studios[38]

2012 Baryon Director Dance Film Series Taraka Larsen, Colin Stetson, Mauro Remiddi, Simone

Schmidt, Julianna Barwick,

Choreography: Stacy Grossfield, Melanie Maar, Haylee Nichele, Chelsea Bonosky, Chloe& Katherine, Mary Cavett)

2012 F.O.R.E.V.E.R Director Of Photography Narrative Short Prince Rama
2012 Moodslayer Co-Director (with Ruby Kato Atwood) Experimental Short The Luyas
2012 Music in Similar Motion Director Documentary Phillip Glass
2013 Beyond Light Director Music Video CFCF
2013 Graphic Score Director Documentary Bryce Dessner

Visual: Clara Claus, Brooklyn Academy Of

Music

2013 Heroes Co-Director (with Beth Gill) Dance Film Callers
2013 Hudson River Sessions Director Documentary Neko Case and AC Newman
2013 Music Now Festival: Philip Glass & Eighth Blackbird Director Documentary Philip Glass and Eighth Blackbird[39]
2013 Music Now Festival: Sharon Von Etten Director Documentary Sharon Van Etten
2013 One Director Music Video Yamantaka and Sonic Titan
2013 Forcelessness Director Dance Film Sarah Neufeld[40]

Choreography: Emily LeCrone

Performers: Kaitlyn Gilliland and Pierre Guilbault

2013 The Harbinger Director Narrative Short Julianna Barwick
2013 Wedding Director Dance Film Marissa Nadler

Choreography: Emily Terndrup

2014 Dead City Emily Co-Director Dance Film, Music Video Marissa Nadler[41]
2014 Debut Co-Director (Emily Terndrup) Live Performance, Dance Film Julianna Barwick, Mauro Remiddi (Porcelain Raft), Ruby Kato Attwood and John Ancheta (Yamantaka // Sonic Titan), David Moore (Bing & Ruth), Jessie Stein (The Luyas), Hannah Epperson and Reed Smidebush (Muuny)

Dancers: Rebecca Margolick, TJ Spaur, Emma Judkins, Brendan Duggan, Matthew Ortner, Ross Katen and Emily Terndrup

2014 Hotel Director Narrative Short The Antlers
2014 Night Sounds No 1 Director Documentary Julianna Barwick at The Phillip Johnson Glass House
2014 Night Sounds No 2 Director Documentary ARP at The Phillip Johnson Glass House
2014 Night Sounds No 3[42][43] Director Documentary Liz Harris (Grouper) and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
2014 No Devotion Director Music Video White Hinterland
2014 Pressure Director Dance Film, Music Video My Brightest Diamond[44]
2014 Sara Co-Director (Diane Cluck & Miguel Gutierrez) Music Video Diane Cluck

Choreography: Miguel Gutierrez

2014 The Wilder Papers Co-Director (Emily Terndrup) Live Performance, Dance Film Music: Julianna Barwick, Skyler Skjelset (Fleet Foxes), Sarah Lipstate (Noveller), Mauro Remiddi (Porcelain Raft) and Hannah Epperson

Choreography: Emily Terndrup, Mallory Lynn, Mariel Lugosch-Ecker and Austin Goodwin

Dancers: Emily Terndrup, Austin Goodwin, Mariel Lugosch-Ecker, Hannah Button, Amy Moore, Emma Judkins, Shelby Terrell, Kacie Boblitt, Brendan Duggan, Austin Tyson and Kenna Tuski

2015 A Table For One At The End Director Narrative Short Performer: Rosalie Lowe
2015 BAM: Next Wave Festival 2015 Director Commercial Score: Jeff Curtin

Produced by Brooklyn Academy of Music

2015 Fable Co-Director (Emily Terndrup) Live Performance, Dance Film Performers: Dan Walczak, Daniel Staaf, Rebecca Margolick, Kenna Tuski, Ashley Robicheaux, Maxwell Perkins

Set: Ruby Kato Atwood

2015 For Karen Director Documentary Laurie Anderson

Produced by Brooklyn Academy of Music

2015 Homeward Bound & Bookends Director Documentary Paul Simon
2015 Interior Co-Director

(Emily Terndrup)

Dance Film, Music Video Adelyn Hopper
2015 Midnight Director Music Video Tor Miller
2015 Morning World Director Dance Film, Music Video Teen Daze

Choreography and Performance: Mary Cavett

2015 Never Were The Way She Was Director Dance Film, Music Video Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld
2015 No Unholy Mountain Co-Director (Ruby Kato Atwood) Experimental, Music Video Noveller[45]
2015 Shake You Off Co-Director (Emily Terndrup Dance Film, Music Video White Prism
2015 Soft Spoken Words Director Dance Film, Music Video Trixie Whitley[46]

Dancer: Georgia Usborne

2016 A Study On Effort Director Documentary Dance Film Choreography and Performance: Bobbi Jene Smith
2016 Harrowing Director Documentary Dance Film Choreography and Performance: Bobbi Jene Smith
2016 Nebula Director, Installation Artist Music Video Julianna Barwick
2016 Otis Walks Into The Woods Director Dance Film Mary Lattimore[47]
2016 Overjoy to The World Director Music Video Blue Man Group
2017 Glass Director Documentary Ryuichi Sakamoto at The Phillip Johnson Glass House
2017 Impermanence Director Performance Film Peter Silberman

Dancers: Stephanie Crousillat and Rebecca Margolick

2017 Score The Sky Director Dance Film, Music Video Lost Horizons

Choreography: Nicole Von Arx

Dancers: Rebecca Margolick, Nicole Von Arx

2017 Mutiny Director Live performance Music bt: Patrick Breiner and Helga Davis
2018 [www.atnoonfelladarkness.com At Noon Fell A Darkness] Director Feature documentary Alex Somers, Soley, Gyða (music), Gerður Kristný (poetry)
2019 If I Sound Happy, That’s Your Mistake Director Short dance film Matilda Sakamoto (choreography, performance)
2020 The Dichotomy in/convenient Figures Cinematographer Evening-length dance film w Francesca Harper (choreography)
2020 Shock Collar Director Short film Dave Gahan, Humanist (music) and Tracy Maurice (film)[48]
2021 Strange Fruit Cinematographer Short film Jennifer Koh & Davone Tines (music, performance)
2021 Broken Theater Cinematographer Feature-length dance film Bobbi-Jene Smith and La Ma Ma Experimental Theater Club
2021 The Paris Duet Cinematographer Feature-length dance film Belinda McGuire and Doug Letheren
2021 Green To Gold Co-Director Feature-length dance film The Antlers and Emily Terndrup (co-director)

Awards

  • 2020 Artistic Director’s Choice Award, Phoenix Dance Film Festival, Phoenix, USA - “If I Sound Happy, That’s Your Mistake”
  • 2019 Best Cinematography Award, Madrid International Film Festival, Madrid, SPA - “The First Date”
  • 2018 Best Documentary Feature Prize, Sonic Scene Music Film Festival, Trani, IT - “At Noon Fell A Darkness”[49][50]
  • 2018 Best Cinematography Award, Cinemuskoka, Ontario, CAN - “At Noon Fell A Darkness”
  • 2018 Gold Savvy Award, Sound & Vision International Festival, New York, USA - “At Noon Fell A Darkness”
  • 2013 Grantee, Graham Foundation, Chicago, USA, “Night Sounds”[51]

References

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  2. ↑ "Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener & Out of the Woodwork | A Take Away Show". youtube. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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