Melanie Bonajo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Melanie Bonajo

director and filmmaker

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1978

Place of Birth: Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Profession: photographer, film director, visual artist, performance artist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Melanie Bonajo (born 13 November 1978, Heerlen) is a Dutch artist working with film, performance, installations, music, event organizing, and photography.
Her works address themes of eroding intimacy and isolation in an increasingly sterile, technological world.
Her experimental documentaries often explore communities living or working on the margins of society, either through illegal means or cultural exclusion.
Her work has been exhibited and screened internationally, from the Tate Modern, MoMA PS1, to De Appel Arts Centre and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to the Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, the Kunsthalle Basel, International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA), the Berlinale, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Treefort Film Fest.