Floria Sigismondi

• Name — Floria Sigismondi • Born — 1973 • Birthplace — Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy • Education — Ontario College of Art • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • music video director • artist • photographer • Years Active — 1992–present • Spouse — Lawrence Rothman • Children — 1

Sigismondi was born in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. Her parents, Lina and Domenico Sigismondi, were opera singers. Her family, including her sister Antonella, moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada when she was two. Starting in 1990, she studied painting and illustration at the Ontario College of Art, today's Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCADU). Sigismondi started a career as a fashion photographer. She came to directing music videos when she was approached by the production company The Revolver Film Co., and directed music videos for a number of Canadian bands. Her innovative, but also disturbing video works, located in sceneries she once described as "entropic underworlds inhabited by tortured souls and omnipotent beings," attracted a number of very prominent musicians. She has further described her works as, "Something quite textural and brutal" and something quite beautiful and light. It's like blending two worlds." With her photography and sculpture installations she had solo exhibitions in Hamilton and Toronto, New York City, Brescia (Italy), Gothenburg (Sweden), and London. Her photographs also were included in group exhibitions, together with artists Cindy Sherman, Joel-Peter Witkin, and Francesco Clemente. The German art press Die Gestalten Verlag has published two monographs of her photography, Redemption (1999) and Immune (2005). Sigismondi also creates her own set props for various music video productions such as, Perfume Genius's "Die 4 U". "If I don't create them myself, I design or draw them, I can get quite tactile detailed as far as what I see." She has an affinity for strange yet alluring things and created a flesh-esque chair to appeal to the sexual tension and desire to the spectator. • Illustration — Floria Sigismondi, Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart

Short film • Postmortem Bliss (2006) • Leaning Towards Solace (2012) Feature film • The Runaways (2010) • The Turning (2020) • The Silence of Mercy (TBA) Television • Year — Title — Episode(s) • 2014 — Hemlock Grove — "Bodily Fluids" • 2016 — Daredevil — "Kinbaku" • 2017 — The Handmaid's Tale — "A Woman's Place" • "The Other Side" • American Gods — "Come to Jesus"

Director • Title — Year — Artist — Notes • "This is My Life" — 1992 — Rita Chiarelli • "Not Quite Sonic" — 1993 — I Mother Earth • "A Certain Slant of Light" — The Tea Party • "Save Me" — The Tea Party • "The River" — The Tea Party • "The Birdman" — 1994 — Our Lady Peace — version 1 • "Blue" — 1995 — Harem Scarem • "Four Leaf Clover" — 1996 — Catherine • "The Beautiful People" — Marilyn Manson • "Anna Is a Speed Freak" — Pure • "Tourniquet" — Marilyn Manson • "Little Wonder" — David Bowie • "Black Eye" — 1997 — Fluffy • "Dead Man Walking" — David Bowie • "Makes Me Wanna Die" — Tricky • "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" — Filter & The Crystal Method • "Anything but Down" — 1998 — Sheryl Crow • "Sweet Surrender" — Sarah McLachlan • "Most High" — Jimmy Page and Robert Plant • "Chinese Burn" — Curve • "Can't Get Loose" — Barry Adamson • "Get Up" — 1999 — Amel Larrieux • "I've Seen It All" — 2000 — Björk — interactive "webeo" version • "4 Ton Mantis" — Amon Tobin • "In My Secret Life" — 2001 — Leonard Cohen • "Black Amour" — 2002 — Barry Adamson • "She Said" — Jon Spencer Blues Explosion — version 2 • "John, 2/14" — Shivaree • "Untitled #1 (Vaka)" — 2003 — Sigur Rós — MTV Europe Music Award 2003 Best Video • "Obstacle 1" — Interpol • "Anything" — Martina Topley-Bird • "Bombs Below" — Living Things — version 1 • "Fighter" — Christina Aguilera — JUNO Award 2004 Video of the Year • "Megalomaniac" — 2004 — Incubus • "The End of The World" — The Cure • "I Owe..." — Living Things • "Talk Shows on Mute" — Incubus • "Bombs Below" — Living Things — version 2 • "Blue Orchid" — 2005 — The White Stripes • "Bom Bom Bom" — Living Things • "O' Sailor" — Fiona Apple • "Supermassive Black Hole" — 2006 — Muse • "Red Flag" — Billy Talent • "Hurt" — Christina Aguilera • "Broken Boy Soldier" — The Raconteurs • "Let It Rain" — 2009 — Living Things • "Die by the Drop" — 2010 — The Dead Weather • "Cherry Bomb" — Dakota Fanning & Kristen Stewart • "E.T." — 2011 — Katy Perry • "The One That Got Away" — Katy Perry • "Har Megiddo" — Living Things • "Fake It Baby, Fake It (La Dame Nature)" — 2012 — Living Things • "Anything Could Happen" — Ellie Goulding • "Try" — P!nk • "Leaning Towards Solace" — Sigur Rós • "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" — 2013 — David Bowie • "Mirrors" — Justin Timberlake — MTV Video Music Award 2013 Video of the Year • "The Next Day" — David Bowie • "Montauk Fling" — Lawrence Rothman • "#1 All Time Low" — Lawrence Rothman • "Fatal Attraction" — Lawrence Rothman • "California Paranoia" — 2015 — Lawrence Rothman ft. Angel Olsen • "Oz vs. Eden" — Lawrence Rothman • "Users" — Lawrence Rothman • "H" — 2016 — Lawrence Rothman • "Sledgehammer" — Rihanna • "Die 4 You" — 2017 — Perfume Genius • "Without Love" — Alice Glass • "Ain't Afraid Of Dying" — Lawrence Rothman ft. Marissa Nadler • "Designer Babies" — Lawrence Rothman ft. Kim Gordon • "Jordan" — Lawrence Rothman ft. Kristin Kontrol • "Swan Song" — 2019 — Dua Lipa — From Alita: Battle Angel • "Lifetime" — Yves Tumor • "Into Happiness" — Phantogram • "Unholy" — 2024 — Sam Smith ft. Kim Petras • "Destiny" — 2025 — Ellie Goulding • "Return to Myself" — Brandi Carlile • "Human" — Brandi Carlile Cinematographer • 2000 "4 Ton Mantis", Amon Tobin

Floria Sigismondi is recorded as film director, photographer, screenwriter, music video director and cinematographer.