Ben Van Meter
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-02-09 (78 years old)
Deathday
2019-08-08
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
Humble Ben
Ben Van Meter
Biography
Ben Van Meter began making films and light shows in the mid-1960s in San Francisco and soon became a leading figure in Bay Area-underground filmmaking. His films, especially S.F. Trips Festival, An Opening (1966) and the epic Acid Mantra or Rebirth of a Nation (1968), are compelling attempts to visually and sonically inscribe psychedelia, as experience and philosophy, in the medium of film. Van Meter’s films were unavailable for many years, but their ongoing restoration by the Academy Film Archive and their inclusion in the de Young Museum’s 2017 exhibition, The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, has gained them a new...
Acting
Production
1979
as Cinematography
1969
as Director
1974
as Director
1969
as Director
1971
as Director
1971
as Director
1970
as Director
1964
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Director
1966
as Director
1967
as Director
1967
as Director
1968
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Director
1967
as Director
1967
as Director
1967
as Director
1968
as Director
1970
as Director
1968
as Director
1969
as Camera Operator
1974
as Director
1966
as Director
2019
as Camera Operator
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