American experimental filmmaker, film festival curator, lecturer, interviewer, writer, and artist
Gerry Fialka
Born
Gerald Joseph Fialka
(1953-03-15) March 15, 1953 (age 71)
Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Education
University of Michigan Flint Institute of Arts
Occupation(s)
experimental filmmaker, film and art festival curator, lecturer, interviewer, writer
Known for
Experimental film Pixelvision Film Festival Marshall McLuhan media theory Frank Zappa archivist
Spouse
Suzy Williams
Website
Laughtears.com
Gerry Fialka (born March 15, 1953) is an American experimental filmmaker, curator, lecturer, interviewer, and writer. He lectures and leads workshops on experimental film, avant-garde music and art, subversive social media, books by James Joyce,[1] and Marshall McLuhan’s media theory.[2][3][4][5][6] He was Frank Zappa’s archivist and production assistant for ten years, and also worked for George Carlin.[7]LA Weekly has described Fialka as a “cultural revolutionary”.[8]
^Fialka, Gerry (2009). "Dreaming Awake: How James Joyce Invented Experimental Cinema and Disguised It as a Book" (PDF). San Francisco Cinematheque.
^"The Massage: Presented by The McLuhan Institute S1 EP7: Gerry Fialka". Anchor, by Spotify. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
^"Global Village Day". Retrieved May 1, 2021.
^"The 18th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association" (PDF). Media Ecology Association. p. 22. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^"The 20th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association" (PDF). Media Ecology Association. p. 30. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^Atkinson, Scott (March 19, 2021). "Flint native filmmaker Gerry Fialka to hold film screening/workshop at Buckham Gallery". Michigan Live.
^Beckett, Lois (November 12, 2023). "'It never ends': the book club that spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake". The Guardian.
^Simmons, Michael (July 15, 2009). "Songstress-Musician Sunny War". LA Weekly.
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