Julie Anne Buck (born December 9, 1974) is an American film producer, collage artist, photographer, experimental filmmaker, and film archivist.Gewertz, Ken. The proletariat rises up at the Carpenter Center , Harvard University Gazette, July 18, 2002.
Life Buck studied at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. After graduating, she became the manager for the Harvard Film Archive at Harvard University. While sorting and preserving films in the Archive's collection, she and her friend and co-archivist Karin Segal became interested in the images of women (known as "China girls") which often appear on the leaders of older films. Buck and Segal began the long process of digitally cleaning, restoring and printing these enigmatic images for an art exhibit titled "Girls On Film," a visual tribute to the many anonymous women who worked in the film industry.Press release for "Girls on Film" at the Sert Gallery, Harvard "Girls on Film" article from the Harvard Gazette
At the same time, Buck began to experiment with collage. Her first large-format collage, Black-Haired Girl: Karin, depicted Segal, with a challenging stare, raising a glass of orange juice at the viewer. Buck has created three collage series to date—"Black-Haired Girls," "Heads" and "Blank Slate"—and has also completed two commissioned works. In college, Buck received a 1950 Rolleiflex camera that had been owned by her great-grandfather and began using it to take pictures. "Self-Centered," a series of black-and-white photographs of herself wearing various articles of clothing in deliberately staged surroundings, was the result.Selections from the Self-Centered series at juliebuck.com
Buck later decided to pursue her interests in narrative filmmaking. She graduated from Columbia University's film school in 2011 with an emphasis in film production.Julie Buck at LinkedIn
Works Film production Full-length films (producer) Devoured (2012)Devoured at IMDb Child of God (2013)Child of God at IMDb Field of Lost Shoes (2014)Field of Lost Shoes at IMDb Druid Peak (2014)Druid Peak at IMDb Anesthesia (2014)Anesthesia at IMDb Black Dog, Red Dog (2017)Black Dog, Red Dog at IMDb Trouble (2017)Trouble at IMDb The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd (TBA)The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd at IMDb
Short films (producer) Ben (2009, directed by Eliza Subotowicz)Ben at IMDb This Little Light (2009, directed by Catherine Shao)This Little Light at IMDb Loop Planes (2010, directed by Robin Wilby)About the Filmmakers, loopplanes.com Terrebonne (2010, directed by Jeremy Craig)Terrebonne at IMDb Salar (2011, directed by Nicholas Greene)Salar entry at Columbia University Film Festival website Alger, Alger (2011, directed by Aaron Walker)Alger, Alger entry at Columbia University Film Festival website Silent Night (2011, directed by Bryan Parker)Silent Night entry at Columbia University Film Festival website Temma (2012, directed by Anya Meksin)Temma at IMDb Periods. (2012, directed by Victor Quinaz)Periods. at IMDb
Other creative work Buck's collage work tends to traverse the fine line between purely visually representative art and abstract depictions of the personality traits of her subjects. Her black-and-white photograph series, "Self-Centered," is reminiscent of the work of Cindy Sherman, reflecting both Buck's sense of humor and her keen interest in classic film. The black-and-white and color prints of the "Girls On Film" series are both familiar and enigmatic; they are based on the anonymous China Girls that used to appear in the leaders of film reels."Girls On Film" -- Artists' Installation Inspired by Restored Vintage Film to be Presented at Harvard's Sert Gallery July 16 - September 18, 2005 , Harvard Art Museums press release, 8 July 2005.
Buck's work has been exhibited in galleries in Columbus, Ohio; Boston; Cambridge and New York City.
Collage series Black-Haired Girls, 1998-2005. Heads, 2004 Blank Slate, 2005.
Photograph series Self-Centered, 1999. Girls on Film (with Karin Segal), 2005.
Books Girls on Film, 2009 (forthcoming). Finite Sets, Preacher's Biscuit Books, June 2009. Finite Sets page at Preacher's Biscuit Books website
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External links Official website