Ian Helliwell

Bubbling Under (2013, 4`20)
The Movement of Tape (2013, 6`30)
Crash Testing (2012, 4`05)
Hellicam Feedback (2012, 7`00)
Felt This Way (2012, 2`00)
Practical Exhibition (2012, 6`35)
Practical Electronica (2011, 61`)
Swallow Flies East (2011, 7`)
At the Glitterball (2011, 3`20)
Drill Bits (2011, 4`45)
Four Poster (2011, 3`30)
Letraglide (2011, 3`15)
Light Activation Feedback (2010, 5`25) Light Support Systems (2010, 6`)
Time To Readjust (2010, 3`45)
Expo 67 - An Audio Visual Collage (2010, 21`35)
Slip-Slide (2010, 4`10)
The Motion Controllers (2009, 5`30)
Letratone Leader (2009, 3`35)
Colour Supply (2009, 2`15)
Mobile Home (2009, 3`45)
Through The Miniscope (2009, 2`55)
Lines And Pulses (2008, 4`15)
EMS 8 (2008, 2`45)

Since the early 1990s, Ian has completed a variety of short super-8 films using different techniques including hand painting, bleaching, scratching, paper cut-out animation and collage. He has explored a number of themes in depth, and continues to experiment with abstraction, colour, found footage and electronic sound.
A selection of films is now available to watch on the Ian Helliwell Film Channel. Helliwell-vimeo
The film Holes is made from tiny strips of found hole-punched standard 8mm footage, and was conceived in the early 1990s as a never-ending movie; it will continue to be added to whenever new film is discovered, and has now been in production for 20 years. The electronic soundtrack is played live with one of the Hellisizers.
Light Support Systems, Return to the Light and Megatherm Leader are expanded films requiring multiple projectors or special projection.
Ian has been a member of 2 international film juries - Norwegian Short Film Festival 2005 and Stuttgart Filmwinter 2006.

Scintillation (2008, 1`40)
Street Lights (2008, 3`55)
Accident & Design (2008, 7`20)
Music, Movies & Machines (2008, 6`00)
The Atomium Age (2007, 2`25)
Playing Up (2007, 3`45)
Grid (2007, 2`20)
Signal Tracing (2007, 3`20)
Dash Dot (2006, 55sec)
Rust To Dust (2006, 2`25)
Sun Tower 70 (2006, 3`05)
Get Set (2005, 3`20)
Striations (2005, 4`10)
Deflection Currents (2005, 3`15)
Optical Action (2004, 3`50)Interpenetration (2004, 3`25)
Compound Eye (2004, 3`10)
Filmosounds (2001-04, 5`05)
Angel Recovered (2003, 3`15)
Beyond the Light (2003, 3`35)
Cycles Per Second (2003, 3`20)
Crosshatch (2003, 7`25)
Origami (2003, 50sec)
Particle Acceleration (2002, 4`45)
Colour Stream (2002, 4`40)

Orbiting the Atom (2002, 4`50)
Headache (2002, 45sec)
Coloured Light District (2002, 2`10)
Chromaburst (2001, 4`55)
Linear Phases (2001, 1`55)
Return to the Light (2001, 1`55)Patterns of Interference (2000, 3`05)
The Firing Line (2000, 5m)
Art Flies Free (2000, 3`05)
Rectangular Motion (2000, 4`15)
Megatherm Leader (2000, 4m)
Red/Blue Electron Guns (1999, 2`50)
Into the Light (1998, 4`55)
Disc Break (1998, 3`25)
All In A Day`s Work (1998, 3m)
Catalyst (1997, 1`25)
Crystallization (1997-2000, 3`45)
Crossing the Equator (1997, 2`20)
Our Honeymoon (1997, 1m, Std.8)
Holes (early 1990s-2012, 10mins)
Chromatic Leader (1996, 4m)
The Burning of a Billion Words (1996)
Ta Baby (1996, 3m)
Protection Leader (1992-95, 2`40)
Rubble Man (1995, 2.5m)
Danger of Death (1994, 6m)