John Porter Movies

John stars here in his own film, portraying a light-sleeping individual under a blanket of Christmas lights. It was filmed continuously over ten...

John and his mother painting in the countryside, in summer. His mother has always painted and still does so at ninety years of age. When John and his...

Dressed in white against a black background, John filmed at one frame per second and used one-second exposures to create an effect of flapping wings...

Document of various attractions in the historic Canadian National Exhibition, which takes place every year in Toronto, filmed entirely at night, at...

John documents part of his extensive collection of cheap, miniature plastic toys by pouring out sorted bags containing them onto a table under the...

This is a continuing series of performances in silent film, in which John carries a Super 8 projector on his shoulder before the audience and moves...

We see John swinging on a swing he built in his studio. He shot the film by himself with the camera placed many feet away, so that while swinging, he...

Hundreds of students taking an exam together at the University of Toronto’s historic Varsity Hockey Arena. A wide-angle view of the entire...

The only sound version. It begins with a sync-sound version (#5) shot on the grounds of Little Trinity Church as a TV commercial, with John talking...

John improvises a performance for the camera, spinning a bright, pinpoint light on a long cord, around himself in a variety of patterns, against a...

Made at Phil Hoffman's Film Farm, 2002.

Toronto’s grand Christmas parade, a historic annual celebration, seen from atop a tall building located at the end of the long, broad...

A sitting portrait of John's friend Lis Guindon holding her months-old daughter Marie Claire, in their sitting-room in Cabbagetown, Toronto. They...

John dances with the camera and lets himself get carried away by the device, which works at one frame per second and spins its way on the end of a...