Michael Balser
Directing
- Died
- January 1, 2002
Video maker, curator, producer, AIDS activist. New Brunswick-bred Michael Balser was part of the experimental video and Super 8 scene in Fredericton and Ottawa before finally putting down roots in Toronto in 1985. Balser continued his prolific output, combining activist documentary with experimental narrative and collage, up until his death in 2002. Dialogue said by an “AIDS Activist Action Figure” in his 1996 film Treatments might be thought of as his parting words: “...if I’m going to go, at least I’m going to go out fighting.”
Known for
Behind the camera5
- 1995Positive Men Director
- 1992An Evening With Richard Locke Director
- 1992Voices of Positive Women Producer
- 1989The Great AZT Debate Director
- 1988Survival of the Delirious Director
Acting1
- 1989The Great AZT Debate as Himself