Vincent Grenier, was born in Québec City, Canada. He has made experimental films since the early seventies, when he received an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in California. Grenier's films have regularly been shown in the United States, Canada and Europe at showcases such as the Centre Pompidou, the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the Anthology Film Archives, the Pacific Film Archives and the Collective for Living Cinema. His films and videos have earned him production grants from the Canada Council, and in New York State, from CAPS, NYFA, and ETC. He has made over two dozen films and more recently videos, such as HERE (6.5 min, 2002) Awarded Gold for best Experimental film at the New York Film Expo, COLOR STUDY (4.5 min, 2000) Rotterdam Film festival, London and Toronto Film Festivals , Lincoln Center, Second prize at the Black Maria Film Festival and FEET (27 min., video, 1994) won second prize at the 1995 Black Maria Festival and was shown in the WNET series Reel NY. His films include: OUT IN THE GARDEN (1991)--Best Documentary, 1992 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Best Experimental Documentary, 16th Atlanta Film/Video Festival, shown on WNET and London Film Festival; YOU (1990)--Black Maria Festival; TIME'S WAKE--(1987) Prize Winner Black Maria Festival; INTERIEUR INTERIORS (1978)--Prize Winner, San Francisco Are institute Film Festival; WORLD IN FOCUS (1976) Second Prize Winner, Ann Arbor Film Festival. Seven of his films & videos were curated in the Whitney Museum of American Art 1970-2000 American Century Film program. Films by Grenier are included in the Donell media library in NYC, the National Film Archive, Ottawa, the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and at many other institutions in Canada and the US. Grenier has been active as a film programmer throughout his career, notably, at the Canyon Cinematheque in San Francisco and the Collective for Living Cinema in NYC. He has taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Adelphi University, and Ithaca College. He is a Professor in the Department of Cinema at Binghamton University.