Biography
Alain LeTourneau is a filmmaker, photographer, and film conservationist. Starting in 1999, Alain began programming and publicly exhibiting 16mm films at a micro-cinema in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-founder of 40 Frames, a 16mm conservation and advocacy organization that maintains the web resource 16mm Directory, houses a collection of 16mm film prints, and provides technical services to filmmakers and organizations.
Alain’s film and video work has screened at Anthology Film Archives, Antimatter Film Festival, California Institute of the Arts, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Images Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Northwest Film Forum, Portland Art Museum Northwest Film Center, PDX Film Festival, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Theater.
Alain utilizes 16mm film, photographic survey, and video installation to explore the natural and built environment, and the idea of development as it relates to land use. His latest film Empty Quarter, co-produced with Pam Minty, is a feature-length documentary that focuses on Southeast Oregon and the farming and ranching communities who reside in the region. Alain is near completion on Open Road, a film about urban spaces designed for movement and storage of private motor vehicles.