Marco Porsia
Directing
Biography
Marco Porsia is an award-winning editor who has cut dozens of prime time scripted and unscripted series, with a career in film and television dating back nearly two decades. Alongside his TV work, Marco has directed and cut music videos for a variety of bands, including The Wedding Present, Yuppie Flu, Giardini di Miró, Pankow, and most recently, live concert films for SWANS. Marco was born and raised in Rome, Italy. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
Known For
From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most accomplished and ambitious bands in the world, one whose concerts are more like ecstatic rituals than nostalgic trips. SWANS has always been a collection of singular performers, but there's been one constant since its formation in 1982--singer, songwriter Michael Gira. 'Where Does a Body End?' is a SWANS documentary with unfettered access to hundreds of hours of Gira/SWANS archives of never-seen-before recordings, videos, and photographs. An unfiltered story of a life in the arts, frequent difficulty spanning decades without a safety net, creating work because Gira says "What else am I going to do?"
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Swans final New York show in 2024 included on a limited-edition DVD available with initial CD and vinyl pressings of Birthing.
Swans: (Rope) The Beggar (Live 2024)
Included in some CD releases of the Swans album. A live performance, recorded in 2013.
Swans: To Be Kind - Live 2013
Rema-Rema were a short-lived and resounding shooting star in the London post-punk scene of the late 1970s. But, how can you make a documentary about this legendary band when their career only lasted a few months, they only released one album (albeit on 4AD, no less) and all live footage of the band has disappeared?
What You Could Not Visualise
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Rome As You Are
SWANS recorded live 2010/2011. Track listing: No Words / No Thoughts (18:50) - Avatar (10:36) - The Apostate (19:31) - Beautiful Child (Fragment) (3:43) - Jim (8:16) - Sex God Sex (7:13) - The Seer / I Crawled (32:16)
Swans: The Seer - Live
Swans live at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia January 29th, 1997 Rare pro-shot video of the band's 1997 tour. Not Alone, Hypogirl
Swans: Live at Variety Playhouse, Atlanta
Included in some CD releases of the Swans album The Glowing Man. Recorded live in 2015.