Raphael Montañez Ortíz
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-01-30 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known As
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Raphael Montañez Ortíz
Biography
Raphael Montañez Ortíz (b. 1934, New York) is a multidisciplinary artist perhaps best known for his radical performances of the 1960s as part of the Destructivist movement which he helped to articulate. Not many know that he is also a pioneer of found footage cinema who deserves greater recognition within the American filmic avant-garde. Starting in 1957, he produced a number of singular works by subjecting 16mm prints of commercially- or institutionally-produced films to a cut-up method inspired by Yaqui shamanic practices, a kind of ritualistic chance operation intended to break down their structure and thoroughly undermine their discursive...
Acting
Production
1958
as Director
1957
as Director
1958
as Editor
1958
as Director
1958
as Editor
1985
as Editor
1985
as Director
1958
as Editor
1985
as Editor
1958
as Director
1957
as Editor
1986
as Director
1991
as Director
1986
as Editor
1993
as Director
1993
as Editor
1996
as Director
1996
as Editor
1991
as Editor
1985
as Director
1985
as Director
1991
as Director
1996
1957
as Director
1996
1996
as Director
1985
as Director
2017
as Director
2014
as Director
1986
as Director
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