Bio
Greg Hanec is a Manitoba based painter, photographer, filmmaker, musician, composer and performance artist incorporating many tools including chance operations, freeform, found and non art specific materials, set and lighting design, and film, video and text. Hanec has been creating challenging, insightful and unique art projects for over 40 years.
Greg Hanec began making films in 1980 with his short 3 Minutes Before 8. He followed this up with a few more shorts and then in 1985 completed his first feature Downtime which screened at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival. In 1988 he followed up with his second feature Tunes A Plenty about a group of musicians who spend their time doing music, their way. Between 1993 and 1997, Greg worked on various experimental film collaborations, and between 1997 and 2001 Greg Hanec worked with Campbell Martin and conducted a series of Guerrilla Projections. Greg’s short film Fast, Slow, Single was created for the Winnipeg Cinematheque’s 25th anniversary in 2008.