Bio

Martha Davis was born in London, Ontario in 1959.  She recieved her Honours B.A.  in Film and Drama from the University of Toronto and began her career as a still photographer.  She has made over twelve films and served on the boards of Directors of the Canadian Filmmakers’ Distribution Centre and The Funnel.

Works

PATH

  • 1987
  • Martha Davis

Employing a simple three-part structure, PATH is about personal experience and the interpretation of that experience.

PATH

Reading Between the Lines

  • 1989
  • Martha Davis

Reading the replies to a personal ad she has placed, a woman imagines herself in relationships with three different men.

Reading Between the Lines

Snow Search

  • 1985
  • Martha Davis

Snow Search finds four performers searching for each other, each carrying one quarter of a photographic portrait of Michael Snow. A lyrical exploration through the city and an homage to Michael Snow.

Snow Search

Making a Scene

  • 1984
  • Martha Davis

Offers passersby the opportunity to don a mask and become either an elephant or a mosquito. A look at people's inhibitions.

Making a Scene

Performance Trilogy: 3 Films by Martha Davis

  • 1984
  • Martha Davis

These three short street films distill the concerns of Davis’ work in the eighties: the reaction of strangers to staged interventions and the rhythms of everyday urban life.

Performance Trilogy: 3 Films by Martha Davis

UR Lucky

  • 1983
  • Martha Davis

"I placed a medallion on the sidewalk and filmed whoever happened along to pick it up."

UR Lucky