Man Ray

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-08-27 (86 years old)

Deathday

1976-11-18

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Man Ray

Biography

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky, August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known in the art world for his avant garde photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.

Acting

1924

Entr'acte

as Chess player, white set

1996

Lee Miller: Through the Mirror

as Self (archive footage)

1961

Dadascope

as Voiceover (archive audio)

1969

1933

Poison

as himself

1937

La Garoupe

as himself

1938

Ady

as himself

1938

Dance

as Himself

1940

Juliet

as himself

1997

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1928

The Starfish

as Director

1926

Emak-Bakia

as Director

1923

Return to Reason

as Director

1960

Paris la belle

as Director of Photography

2012

1923

1926

Emak-Bakia

as Cinematography

1928

The Starfish

as Cinematography

1929

Corrida

as Director

1961

Dadascope

as Poem

1933

Poison

as Director

1923

1937

Course landaise

as Director

1937

La Garoupe

as Director

1938

Ady

as Director

1938

Dance

as Director

1940

Juliet

as Director

1923

Return to Reason

as Producer

1926

Anemic Cinema

as Cinematography

1926

Anemic Cinema

as Assistant Director

1924

Ballet Mécanique

as Cinematography

2010

Iconoclast

as Additional Photography

1930

Two Women

as Director

1926

Emak-Bakia

as Writer

1938

Home Movies

as Director

1938

Home Movies

as Writer

1930

Deux femmes

as Director

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