Biography
Jon Rafman studied Philosophy and Literature at McGill University in Montreal and received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work explores the impact of technology on contemporary consciousness. He focuses on the melancholy in modern social interactions and virtual realities. His videos and art utilize personal moments to reveal how pop culture and subcultures shape individual desires, and will often define those individuals in return.
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Dream Journal 2016-2019 |
| 2017 |
Dream Journal, May 2016-February 2017 |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Mainsqueeze |
| Music videos | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Kanye West: Vultures (Havoc Version) |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Punctured Sky |
| 2019 |
Disasters Under the Sun |
| 2018 |
Poor Magic |
| 2017 |
Dream Journal |
Legendary Reality |
|
Transdimensional Serpent |
|
| 2015 |
Erysichthon |
| 2013 |
A Man Digging |
Remember Carthage |
|
Still Life (Betamale) |
|
| 2011 |
Codes of Honor |
| 2010 |
Kool-Aid Man in Second Life (Avatar 4D) |
| 2005 |
Ad-Vice for a Prophet |
Editor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Mainsqueeze |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Punctured Sky |
| 2019 |
Disasters Under the Sun |
| 2018 |
Poor Magic |
| 2013 |
Remember Carthage |
Still Life (Betamale) |
|
| 2011 |
Codes of Honor |
| 2010 |
Kool-Aid Man in Second Life (Avatar 4D) |
| 2005 |
Ad-Vice for a Prophet |
Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Mainsqueeze |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Punctured Sky |
| 2019 |
Disasters Under the Sun |
| 2017 |
Legendary Reality |
| 2013 |
A Man Digging |
Remember Carthage |
|
Still Life (Betamale) |
|
| 2011 |
Codes of Honor |
| 2010 |
Kool-Aid Man in Second Life (Avatar 4D) |
| 2005 |
Ad-Vice for a Prophet |
Producer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Mainsqueeze |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Disasters Under the Sun |
| 2018 |
Poor Magic |
| 2013 |
Remember Carthage |
| 2011 |
Codes of Honor |
| 2010 |
Kool-Aid Man in Second Life (Avatar 4D) |
Actor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Mainsqueeze |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
A Man Digging - narrator |
| 2011 |
Codes of Honor - narrator |
Cinematographer
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2005 |
Ad-Vice for a Prophet |