Mireille Heidbreder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences & Studies at Ithaca College. She is also an experimental filmmaker and sound designer, focusing on mixed-media film works including digital, analog, and re-purposed archival film as well as creates original sound pieces. Influenced by the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard and Michel Foucault, Mireille’s films frequently contemplate the audio-visual poetic relationship of spaces and the temporality of the filmic medium.
Mireille has had her films selected and screened at various festivals both nationally and internationally, including Richmond International Film Festival, Denver Underground Film Festival, ULTRACinema, and the Cardiff International Film Festival, the latter with BAFTA Cymru honors. Mireille has also designed audio-visual installations at the G Biennale and at the DEMINA Laboratorio de Artes, and was awarded the Kathryn Stephens Virginia Filmmaker Award in 2019.
She has additionally collaborated on sound design/audio mixing and post-production work for other filmmakers in addition to her own films, having worked on feature length documentaries to experimental shorts. She is currently working on an experimental documentary inspired by the theories of Hito Steyerl and Walter Benjamin.
Previously, Mireille taught at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Richmond. She is originally from Wetzikon, Switzerland and received her MFA in Photography + Film from Virginia Commonwealth University and her BA in Film & Media Studies from Johns Hopkins University.
Portfolio Website: https://mireilleheidbreder.com