Michael Oblowitz

**Michael Oblowitz** ɗan fim ne na Afirka ta Kudu . Ayyukansa sun kai kusan shekaru hamsin. Ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar No Wave Cinema na Yin fim mai zaman kansa a Birnin New York a ƙarshen 1970s. Shi ne kuma Mai shirya fim-finai na Afirka ta Kudu na farko da ya karbi shigarwa a duka bikin fina-fukkuna na Cannes da Sundance, bi da bi.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Oblowitz a Cape Town, inda ya girma a cikin 1970s. Ya kammala karatu a fannin Fine Arts da Falsafa a Jami'ar Cape Town . Daga baya ya sami M.F.A. a cikin Fim Theory da Production daga Jami'ar Columbia a 1982, kuma ya yi karatun daukar hoto da bugawa a Makarantar Fasaha ta Tsakiya ta London a 1976. 

## Ayyuka
Ya fara aikinsa a tsakiyar shekarun 1970 tare da fina-finai masu zaman kansu *X-Terminator*, The Is / Land, Minus Zero da King Blank . Fim din yanzu suna cikin tarin dindindin na Gidan Tarihi na zamani a Birnin New York.

Kazalika da yin fim din kansa, ya yi aiki a matsayin Mai daukar hoto ga ma'aikatan No Wave Cinema da yawa a lokacin da yake New York. Zaɓin sanannun Masu shirya fina-finai da ya yi aiki tare sun haɗa da Rosa von Praunheim, Tina L'Hotsky da Maripol . 

A shekara ta 1977, yana aiki a matsayin mai daukar hoto ga SoHo News . Yayinda yake aiki ga jaridar, ya harbe hotuna na sanannun mawaƙa Bryan Ferry da Plastic Bertrand.

Ya shiga yin fim a cikin 1997, tare da Fim din wasan kwaikwayo na aikata laifuka This World, Then the Fireworks .  A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2010, an saki fim dinsa The Traveller, tare da Val Kilmer, a Amurka. Ya lashe lambar yabo don Mafi kyawun Fasahar Thriller a bikin fina-finai da bidiyo na New York na 2011.

Ya fitar da shirinsa na farko na hawan igiyar ruwa, Sea Of Darkness, a cikin 2010. Shirin ya lashe kyautar Kyautattun Kyaututtuka a bikin fina-finai na New York Surf .  Shirinsa na biyu na hawan igiyar ruwa, Heavy Water, wanda aka saki a shekarar 2017 ya fito da Nathan Fletcher,  ya lashe fim mafi kyau a bikin fina-finai na Byron Bay International Film Festival  kuma ya lashe fim din Wavescape mafi kyau a 2018 Durban International Film Festival. A cikin 2018, ya ba da umarnin fim din Frank & Ava . 

Ya kuma samar da bidiyon kiɗa ga taurari kamar David Bowie da Diana Ross .  Bidiyo na farko da ya jagoranta shine Kurtis Blow's Basketball . Bidiyo ya karya shingen, yana daya daga cikin bidiyon kiɗa na Hip-Hop na farko da aka watsa akan MTV.

## Shahararrun fina-finai

* *X-Terminator* (1977)
* *Minus Zero* (1979)
* *King Blank* (1982)
* *This World, Then the Fireworks* (1997)
* *Sea of Darkness* (Documentary, 2010)
* *The Traveler* (2010)
* *The Ganzfeld Experiment* (2013)
* *Heavy Water* (2017)
* *Frank &amp;amp; Ava* (2018)

## Bidiyo na kiɗa

* "*Basketball*" by Kurtis Blow (1984)
* "*Hippy Land Rap*" by Tommy Chong (1990) 
* "*The Healer*" by John Lee Hooker and Carlos Santana (1993)
* "*Mustang Sally*" by Buddy Guy and Jeff Beck (1994)
* *Booker T and the M.G's Live in Laguna* (music documentary, 1995)
* *Buddy Guy - Live: The Real Deal* (music documentary, 1996)
* "*Standing Here*" by The Stone Roses (1997)

## Hotunan da aka zaɓa

* 1977 *X-Terminator* (short film)
* 1977 *Table Conversation* (short film)
* 1977 *Portrait of Tina L’Hotsky* (short film)
* 1977 *Snow* (short film)
* 1978 *The Is/Land-Circuits of Control* (with David Goldberg)
* 1979 *Minus Zero*
* 1979 *Death Magazine*
* 1979 *Red Love Color*
* 1980 *Too Sensitive to Touch* (with Sylvère Lotringer)
* 1982 *King Blank*
* 1998 *The Areola* (co-directed)
* 2001 *The Breed*
* 2003 *Out for a Kill*
* 2003 *The Foreigner*
* 2005 *Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy*
* 2008 *Romantic Resorts*
* 2016 *Untitled Sunny Garcia Documentary* (in production)
* 2023 *Confidential Informant*

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