Tom Joslin

Tom Joslin

Joslin was born in Melrose, Mass. in 1946 and spent his youth in Lynnfield and Cumberland. He earned his B.A at the University of New Hampshire in 1972, and his MFA four years later from the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to his filmmaking, he taught at Hampshire College and at the University of Southern California. Joslin began making short films in 8mm, at the age of 14. His work included Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend (1976), a film about coming out and growing up as a gay filmmaker, and Architecture of Mountains (1979), a dream-based experimental film. In 1981, he chose to leave academia to try to make it as a writer/director in Hollywood. He teamed with Selise E. Eiseman forming the Primary Colors Company while working as an uncredited casting assistant for Zoetrope Studios. When Joslin and his long-time lover Mark Massi were both diagnosed with AIDS, he decided to shoot a video diary: Silverlake Life: The View From Here (co-directed by Peter Friedman, 1993). He died on July 1, 1990, in Los Angeles.

  • Title: Tom Joslin
  • Popularity: 0.966
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1946-11-29
  • Place of Birth: Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
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Tom Joslin Movies

  • 1976
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    Shooting At Work

    Shooting At Work

    1 1976 HD

    An unused excerpt for Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend. No sound copies are known to exist.

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  • 1993
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    Silverlake Life: The View from Here

    Silverlake Life: The View from Here

    5.7 1993 HD

    An extraordinary video diary about living with AIDS documenting, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions Tom Joslin and...

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  • 1976
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    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    1 1976 HD

    In this experimental, self-ethnographic documentary, Tom Joslin blends breathtaking, moving snapshots from the natural world, filmic cultural...

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  • 2012
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    Architecture Of Mountains

    Architecture Of Mountains

    1 2012 HD

    Prior to leaving Hampshire College in 1980, Tom was working on a 16mm film inspired by Jose Arguelles' book, The Transformative Vision: Reflections...

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  • 1977
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    Blackstar: Autobiography of an Old Friend

    Blackstar: Autobiography of an Old Friend

    1 1977 HD

    "In this experimental, self-ethnographic 1977 documentary, Tom Joslin (1946-1990) blends breathtaking, moving snapshots from the natural world,...

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  • 1993
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    Silverlake Life: The View from Here

    Silverlake Life: The View from Here

    5.7 1993 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Courier

    The Courier

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1976
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    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    1 1976 HD

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  • 2012
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    Architecture Of Mountains

    Architecture Of Mountains

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Milagro Beanfield War

    The Milagro Beanfield War

    6.5 1988 HD

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  • 1976
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    Shooting At Work

    Shooting At Work

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1981
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    Atrapados

    Atrapados

    3 1981 HD

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  • 1976
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    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend

    1 1976 HD

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  • 2012
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    Architecture Of Mountains

    Architecture Of Mountains

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1977
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    Blackstar: Autobiography of an Old Friend

    Blackstar: Autobiography of an Old Friend

    1 1977 HD

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