Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines (2024)
80 min
A documentary that explores the life and legacy of Arthur Erickson, Canada's most acclaimed architect of his time, with a focus on his identity as a gay man in a profession and era where "being gay was bad for business." Renowned for shaping Vancouver’s landscape with masterpieces like Simon Fraser University, UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, and Robson Square, Erickson’s modernist-brutalist style bore classical roots. While he kept his personal, professional, and family lives largely separate, his partner Francisco Kripacz, considered the love of his life, designed interiors for many of his projects. The documentary also examines Erickson’s fall from grace in the 1980s and '90s, his struggles during the AIDS crisis that claimed many close to him, and his professional resurgence in his later years.
- Release date
- October 23, 2024
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Hugh Brewster as Self - Interviewee
- Kathleen Staples as Self - Interviewee
- Chris Erickson as Self - Interviewee
- Raymond Massey as Self - Interviewee
- Emily Erickson McCullum as Self - Interviewee
- David Stouck as Self - Interviewee
- Michael Prokopow as Self - Interviewee
- James Cheng as Self - Interviewee
Crew
- Arthur Erickson · Archive footage
- Gordon Shrum · Archive footage
- Danny Berish · Director
- Ryan Mah · Director
- Dawn Brett · Writer
- Danny Berish · Producer
- Ryan Mah · Producer
- Leah Mallen · Producer
- Jason Sharp · Composer
- Jesse Zubot · Composer
- Josh Zubot · Composer
- Richard Tran · Cinematographer
- Cindy Au Yeung · Editor