Patrick Keiller | |
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| Born | Blackpool, England |
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| Website | https://patrickkeiller.org/ |
Patrick Keiller (born 1950) is a Britishfilm-maker, writer and lecturer.
Keiller was born in 1950, inBlackpool and studied at theBartlett School of Architecture,University College London. In 1979 he joined theRoyal College of Art's Department of Environmental Media as a postgraduate student. For a time he taught architecture at theUniversity of East London and fine art atMiddlesex University.
His first film wasStonebridge Park (1981) followed byNorwood (1983),The End (1986),Valtos (1987) andThe Clouds (1989). These films are typified by their use of subjective camera and voice-over. This was a technique that was further refined in his longer filmsLondon (1994) andRobinson in Space (1997), both of which are narrated by an unnamed character (voiced byPaul Scofield) who accompanies his friend and onetime lover, the unseen Robinson, in a series of excursions around London. Robinson is involved with research into the "problems" of London and, in the second film, England. The films are seen as a critique of the United Kingdom's economic landscape under the Conservative governments of 1979–1997.[citation needed] A third film,Robinson in Ruins was released in November 2010. It was one of the outcomes of a three-year research project entitledThe Future of Landscape and the Moving Image.[1] The actressVanessa Redgrave assumed the role of narrator.[2]
In 2000, Keiller completedThe Dilapidated Dwelling. This film was made for television, but was never broadcast. It features the voice ofTilda Swinton, and its subject matter is the state of the UK's housing.[citation needed]
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Feature films
| Year | Title |
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| 1994 | London |
| 1997 | Robinson In Space |
| 2000 | The Dilapidated Dwelling |
| 2010 | Robinson In Ruins |
Short films
| Year | Title |
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| 1981 | Stonebridge Park |
| 1984 | Norwood |
| 1986 | The End |
| 1987 | Valtos or The Veil |
| 1989 | The Clouds |
