Needs
General Info
Role:
FilmmakerRoles(_FilmMakerRoleID = 1, _FilmMakerRole = Director) / FilmmakerRoles(_FilmMakerRoleID = 6, _FilmMakerRole = Cinematographer)Website
whatamericaneeds.org, oslathemovie.org and flickr.com/photos/wojahnInfluences
the beauty of what is inside each of us.Directors
My heroes: Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Dziga Vertov, Joris Ivens,Terrence Mallick, Martin Scorcese, Micheal Moore.Awards
Best Film of Minneapolis/St.Paul 2004 Artist of the Year 2004Festivals
Silver Lake, Get Real, Burlington,One World, Take Back Democracy and othersProfessional Affiliations
IDA, IFP
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Music
Blurbs
About me:
"Needs" aka What America Needs is the long term documentary project started in 1992 by filmmaker Mark Wojahn. In addition to making films I am a photographer, set decorator, propmaster, performance artist, activist and father. I live in Saint Paul in the Frogtown Artist Cooperative.Who I'd like to meet:
Details
- Status: In a Relationship
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Hometown: Minneapolis
- Orientation: Straight
- Body type: 6' 5" / Athletic
- Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
- Religion: Other
- Zodiac Sign: Aries
- Children: Proud parent
- Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
- Education: College graduate
- Occupation: Artist
Interests
General
Music
When I am making films, I find and record the music of the region. I get it from people I meet or I document the ambient sounds of the scene. That is the soundtrack I strive for. It is the songs of the bums playing for dollars and the little girls who sing with themMovies
Television
TV has been an enigma for me. I think about...it pays a lot of my bills because I work leading art departments for commercial tv projects. What I guess I love the illusion of reality that TV presents to people. I love creating that illuison, I work behind your TV, creating what you see on it. Thats the rub, plus most of the tvs in my home are tied up to the ceiling, covered in glue, wrapped in fishnets and have the slick patina of aluminum paint on them . Some folks would call that a sculpture.Books
Zinn, Terkel, Rumi and VertovHeroes
Vertov, Weston, Lange, Blank, Miro, Lewis and many others...
Schools
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University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Minneapolis,Minnesota
- Graduated: 1992
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Art History
- Minor: Film
1988 to 1992