Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson
Fresh from the Rotterdam premiere of his new short, "Silversterschlausen" (2025), a meditation on the obscure Swiss tradition of the title, Metrograph takes stock of the work of artist and filmmaker Andrew Norman Wilson. Beneath the deadpan surfaces of these four, rigorously conceptualized shorts—encompassing animation, found footage, and live action—roils a keen intelligence and a wily deconstructive impulse.
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Introduction from Andrew Norman Wilson
Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson | 5 mins | 2025
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Impersonator
Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson | 19 mins | 2021
A Hollywood Boulevard character impersonator struggles to earn a living from photographs with tourists in its unrecognizable costume, and then returns to its LA River encampment to find the police confiscating tents. Without a sense of place or pu... -
In the Air Tonight
Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson | 11 mins | 2020
An atmospheric standout of the Sundance and the New York Film Festival shorts programs, Andrew Norman Wilson’s "In the Air Tonight" unfurls a ghost story beneath the night skies of Michael Mann’s Los Angeles. The film recounts the apocryphal tale ... -
Ode to Seekers 2012
Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson | 8 mins | 2016
Ode to Seekers 2012 was initially conceived at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, New York, which contains the abandoned children’s ward that is navigated through from a mosquito’s point of view. The similarities between human behavior and ... -
Workers Leaving the Googleplex
Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson | 11 mins | 2012
"Workers Leaving the Googleplex" investigates a top secret, marginalized class of workers at Google's international corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley. The video documents the yellow badge-wearing ScanOps Google Books workers, while simultan...
