Biography
Vanessa Olivia Renwick is a non-binary artist of Scottish and German descent, born on the traditional and unceded territory of the Illiniwek in what is now known as Chicago, Illinois. They live and work as an uninvited guest on the traditional territory of the Chinookan peoples, now known as Portland, Oregon.
Often focusing their lens on nature, freedom and the locales of their adopted home, the Pacific Northwest, Renwick uses avant-garde formal elements to explore radical politics and environmental issues. An artist who often self-distributes, their screening history reads as a map of independent cinema worldwide. They have screened work in hundreds of venues internationally, institutional and not, including The Museum of Modern Art, Light Industry, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Art Basel, Oberhausen, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Centre Pompidou, Bread and Puppet Theater and True/False Film Festival, among many others.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Bells in Five
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
The Girl on the Boat
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
Cold Holy Water
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Kesh
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2018
Kesh
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
NEXT LEVEL FUCKED UP
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2016
NEXT LEVEL FUCKED UP
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
NEXT LEVEL FUCKED UP
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2016
CRACK HOUSE
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2015
CRACK HOUSE
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2015
CRACK HOUSE
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
The Film That Buys the Cinema
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
layover
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2014
layover
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
SF HITCH
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2012
SF HITCH
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2012
SF HITCH
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2012
SF HITCH
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2012
Portrait #2: Trojan
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2006
Portrait #2: Trojan
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006