Stan Brakhage

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-01-14 (70 years old)

Deathday

2003-03-09

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Stan Brakhage

Biography

Stan Brakhage is one of the most influential filmmakers in American avant-garde cinema, noted for his unflinching social commentaries and technical innovations. Over his nearly 40-year career, he has made over 200 films of varying length. He made his first film, Interim (1952) at age 18 after dropping out of college. Brakhage films seek to change the way we see. They encourage viewers to eschew traditional narrative structure in favor of pure visual perception that is not reliant on naming what is seen; rather his goal is to create a more visceral visual experience, for he believes that a "stream-of visual-consciousness could be nothing less ...

Acting

2003

Encomium

as Self

1959

1959

Window Water Baby Moving

as Self (uncredited)

1998

Brakhage

as Self

2002

Vakvagany

as Himself

1996

1964

1974

The Stars Are Beautiful

as Narrator (voice)

2009

For Stan

as Himself

1969

Filmmakers

as Himself

1989

Watunna

as Narrator

1972

2006

Notes on Marie Menken

as Self (archive footage)

1999

1993

Abstract Cinema

as Himself

Production

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Persian Series

as Director

1963

1953

1965

1990

1959

Cat's Cradle

as Director

1963

Mothlight

as Director

1967

Eye Myth

as Director

1972

The Wold-Shadow

as Director

1954

Desistfilm

as Director

1987

Kindering

as Director

1988

I... Dreaming

as Director

1987

1986

Night Music

as Director

1988

Rage Net

as Director

1992

1994

Black Ice

as Director

1993

Stellar

as Director

1991

1999

The Dark Tower

as Director

1996

2001

Lovesong

as Director

2001

Rounds

as Director

1962

1955

The Wonder Ring

as Director

1955

1974

1972

The Process

as Director

1963

1962

Blue Moses

as Director

1964

1964

1993

Autumnal

as Director

2003

Chinese Series

as Director

1959

Window Water Baby Moving

as Director of Photography

1965

1970

1978

Burial Path

as Director

1959

1960

The Dead

as Director

1955

1956

Flesh of Morning

as Director

1972

1993

Three Homerics

as Director

1993

-

1957

Loving

as Director

1966

Pasht

as Director

1965

Fire of Waters

as Director

1952

Interim

as Director

1964

Song 1

as Director

1964

Song 2

as Director

1964

Song 3

as Director

1964

Song 4

as Director

1964

Song 5

as Director

1964

Song 6

as Director

1964

Song 7

as Director

1964

Song 8

as Director

1965

Song 10

as Director

1965

Song 9

as Director

1965

Song 11

as Director

1965

Song 12

as Director

1965

Song 13

as Director

1965

Song 14

as Director

1994

Naughts

as Director

1994

1961

1980

Murder Psalm

as Director

2002

1979

Creation

as Director

1973

The Women

as Director

1976

Gadflies

as Director

1972

Wecht

as Director

1970

1971

Deus Ex

as Director

1976

Desert

as Director

1978

Thot-Fal'N

as Director

1995

1970

Eyes

as Director

1974

Star Garden

as Director

1980

Duplicity III

as Director

1956

Nightcats

as Director

1956

Zone Moment

as Director

1998

"..." Reel 5

as Director

1957

1971

Door

as Director

1971

Western History

as Director

1971

1973

Sincerity I

as Director

1971

Angels'

as Director

1968

Lovemaking

as Director

1974

Skein

as Director

1974

Aquarien

as Director

1979

2002

Max

as Director

2000

Water for Maya

as Director

1966

Song 16

as Director

1966

Song 17

as Director

1966

Song 18

as Director

1966

Song 19

as Director

1966

Song 20

as Director

1966

Song 21

as Director

1966

Song 22

as Director

1967

Song 24

as Director

1967

Song 25

as Director

1968

Song 26

as Director

1969

Song 28

as Director

1969

Song 29

as Director

1965

15 Song Traits

as Director

1968

My Mtn. Song 27

as Director

1969

1987

1985

Jane

as Director

1993

The Harrowing

as Director

1993

Tryst Haunt

as Director

2001

Garden Path

as Director

1955

In Between

as Director

1961

Sartre's Nausea

as Director

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

1971

1971

The Trip to Door

as Director

1984

Egyptian Series

as Director

2001

2001

2001

2001

2001

2001

2002

Seasons...

as Director

1972

2000

1997

1994

Chartres Series

as Director

2002

Ascension

as Director

2002

Resurrectus Est

as Director

2001

1995

The 'b' Series

as Director

1999

1996

Shockingly Hot

as Director

1996

Prelude 1

as Director

1996

Prelude 2

as Director

1996

Prelude 3

as Director

1996

Prelude 4

as Director

1996

Prelude 5

as Director

1996

Prelude 6

as Director

1996

Prelude 7

as Director

1996

Prelude 8

as Director

1996

Prelude 9

as Director

1996

Prelude 10

as Director

1996

Prelude 11

as Director

1996

Prelude 12

as Director

1996

Prelude 13

as Director

1996

Prelude 14

as Director

1999

Coupling

as Director

1999

1999

1999

1954

The Way to Shadow Garden

as Sound Designer

1954

The Way to Shadow Garden

as Cinematography

2001

Lovesong 3

as Director

2001

Lovesong 4

as Director

2001

Lovesong 5 & 6

as Director

1999

1979

Roman Numeral: I

as Director

1976

Window

as Director

1999

1976

Sketches

as Director

1969

Nuptiae

as Director of Photography

2012

20 Little Films

as Director

1960

Colorado Legend

as Cinematography

1960

Colorado Legend

as Director of Photography

1960

Colorado Legend

as Director

1960

1967

1998

"..." Reel 3

as Director

1977

The Governor

as Director

1994

Cannot Exist

as Director

2001

Occam's Thread

as Director

1973

Gift

as Director

1994

Cannot Not Exist

as Director

1981

Made Manifest

as Director

1995

I...

as Director

1979

1980

1980

Roman Numeral: V

as Director

1980

1980

1980

1980

1974

Clancy

as Director

1991

1996

Prelude 15

as Director

1996

Prelude 16

as Director

1996

Prelude 17

as Director

1996

Prelude 18

as Director

1996

Prelude 19

as Director

1996

Prelude 20

as Director

1996

Prelude 21

as Director

1996

Prelude 22

as Director

1996

Prelude 23

as Director

1996

Prelude 24

as Director

1986

The Loom

as Director

1980

4A

as Director

1996

Blue Value

as Director

2001

Micro Garden

as Director

1975

Short Films 1975

as Director

1993

1995

We Hold These

as Director

1961

1964

Song 5

as Cinematography

1964

Song 5

as Editor

1964

Song 1

as Cinematography

1964

Song 1

as Editor

1974

The Stars Are Beautiful

as Cinematography

1985

Jane

as Editor

1955

In Between

as Cinematography

1955

In Between

as Editor

1952

Interim

as Cinematography

1952

Interim

as Editor

1952

Interim

as Writer

1955

In Between

as Writer

1954

Desistfilm

as Cinematography

1954

Desistfilm

as Editor

1954

Desistfilm

as Writer

1954

The Extraordinary Child

as Cinematography

1955

Reflections on Black

as Cinematography

1955

The Wonder Ring

as Cinematography

1955

1978

Thot-Fal'N

as Cinematography

1978

Thot-Fal'N

as Editor

1999

Cloud Chamber

as Director

1978

Bird

as Director

1999

1990

City Streaming

as Director

1988

Marilyn's Window

as Director

1986

Confession

as Director

1974

Flight

as Director

1989

1990

1990

1976

Highs

as Director

1978

Centre

as Director

1962

Blue Moses

as Cinematography

1962

Blue Moses

as Editor

1962

Blue Moses

as Writer

1980

Sincerity V

as Director

1978

Nightmare Series

as Director

1987

1989

Faust IV

as Director

1999

1967

1965

1965

The Art of Vision

as Cinematography

1965

1996

Sexual Saga

as Director

1974

Hymn to Her

as Director

2009

Sweetgrass

as Thanks

1984

Tortured Dust

as Director

1994

1986

Fireloop

as Director

2001

Very

as Director

2001

Night Mulch

as Director

1980

Other

as Director

1972

The Presence

as Director

1974

Sol

as Director

1974

Dominion

as Director

1975

Sincerity II

as Director

1976

Short Films 1976

as Director

1976

Trio

as Director

1977

Tragoedia

as Director

1976

Airs

as Director

1976

Absence

as Director

1978

Sluice

as Director

1978

Sincerity III

as Director

1978

Purity and After

as Director

1978

Duplicity I

as Director

1978

Duplicity II

as Director

1979

@

as Director

1979

Sincerity IV

as Director

1980

Salome

as Director

1981

RR

as Director

1981

Nodes

as Director

1981

Aftermath

as Director

1986

The Aerodyne

as Director

1988

Matins

as Director

1990

1992

1995

Spring Cycle

as Director

1995

1995

The "Lost" Films

as Director

1995

Earthen Aerie

as Director

1996

1996

Polite Madness

as Director

1996

The Fur of Home

as Director

1996

Concrescence

as Director

1996

1997

Divertimento

as Director

1998

"..." Reel 1

as Director

1998

"..." Reel 4

as Director

1998

"..." Reel 2

as Director

1999

Cricket Requiem

as Director

2000

Dance

as Director

1983

1984

1984

1984

1984

1972

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

as Director of Photography

2001

Lovesong 2

as Director

1974

The Text of Light

as Director of Photography

1985

Jane

as Director of Photography

1976

Trio

as Cinematography

1965

Black Vision

as Director

1965

Blood's Tone

as Director

1965

Dog Star Man

as Director

1965

Dog Star Man

as Writer

1965

Dog Star Man

as Director of Photography

1965

Dog Star Man

as Editor

1959

Pittsburgh

as Cinematography

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