Kenneth Anger

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-02-03 (96 years old)

Deathday

2023-05-11

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, California, USA

Kenneth Anger

Biography

Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer; February 3, 1927 - May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost forty works since 1937, nine of which in particular have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle," and form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history. His films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle." Anger himself has been described as "one of Ame...

Acting

1974

Lucifer Rising

as The Magus (uncredited)

1947

Fireworks

as Dreamer (uncredited)

2007

2009

FLicKeR

as Self

2006

Anger Me

as Himself

2009

Night of Pan

as Lucifer

2010

1970

Langlois

as Self

2017

1969

Invocation of My Demon Brother

as The Magick (uncredited)

2019

Magick Lantern Cycle

as Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus

Production

1971

Rabbit's Moon

as Writer

1971

Rabbit's Moon

as Editor

1974

Lucifer Rising

as Director

1947

Fireworks

as Director

1947

Fireworks

as Writer

1953

Eaux d'artifice

as Director

1965

1949

Puce Moment

as Director

1949

Puce Moment

as Writer

1971

Rabbit's Moon

as Director

1969

Scorpio Rising

as Director

1969

Scorpio Rising

as Director of Photography

2019

2007

2004

Anger Sees Red

as Director

2004

1972

2004

Mouse Heaven

as Director

2009

2008

Ich will!

as Director

2013

Airships 1, 2, 3

as Director

2010

Missoni

as Director

1943

The Nest

as Director

1969

Invocation of My Demon Brother

as Director of Photography

1942

Tinsel Tree

as Director

2019

Magick Lantern Cycle

as Cinematography

1974

1976

1976

1976

1976

2014

2010

2007

2007

2008

Foreplay

as Director

2008

1971

Rabbit's Moon

as Director of Photography

1953

Eaux d'artifice

as Director of Photography

1954

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

as Director of Photography

1965

Kustom Kar Kommandos

as Director of Photography

1974

Lucifer Rising

as Producer

1947

Escape Episode

as Director

1947

Fireworks

as Editor

1949

Puce Moment

as Producer

1949

Puce Moment

as Editor

1953

Eaux d'artifice

as Producer

1953

1969

1969

1979

Rabbit's Moon

as Director

1942

Prisoner of Mars

as Director

1942

2019

Magick Lantern Cycle

as Director of Photography

2010

Death

as Director

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