Bio

Chris Gallagher has been making films since 1972.  He is best known for his experimental films “Seeing in the Rain,” “Atmosphere,” and “Undivided Attention.”  “Where Is Memory,” his most recent feature, is a documentary based on a fictional premise, and “Homework and Great Looking Hair,” a half-hour television drama, was released in 1994.  Currently, Gallagher is developing a feature documentary called “Death Is for the Living.” He is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Theatre and Film.

Works

Mirage (Gallagher)

  • 1983
  • Chris Gallagher

Typical imagery of a naughty wahine dancing while removing her sarong is looped and superimposed on images associated with Hawaii such as fish, surfers, volcanoes and the Kodak Hula Show. The sound is a loop from the Elvis song “Dreams Come True in Blue Hawaii” and the effect is haunting with a touch of humor.

Mirage (Gallagher)

Seeing in the Rain

  • 1981
  • Chris Gallagher

Photographed through the windshield of a Vancouver city bus and edited according to the rhythms of the bus' windshield wiper, the film transforms the linear “narrative” of the bus ride into a temporal construction that can be described as cubist.

Seeing in the Rain