Artists making film

Artists making film



This is a short list of some major visual artists who have also directed films. In some cases, they created (and Harvard owns) several films, not just the one listed here. Please consult HOLLIS for a full list of these artists' films.


Vito Acconci, Home movies.

Banksy, Exit through the gift shop.

Sophie Calle, Double-blind.

Anton Corbijn, Control.

Tracey Emin, Love Is What You Want.

Gordon Matta-Clark, Program eight videorecording.

Steve McQueen, Hunger.

Vik Muniz, Waste land.

Bruce Nauman, Wall/floor positions.

Yoko Ono, Fluxus film anthology.

Dennis Oppenheim, Tooth and nail.

Julian Schnabel, Before night falls.

Robert Smithson, Spiral jetty.

Sam Taylor-Wood

Andy Warhol, Lonesome cowboys.

Sources


Electronic Arts Intermix


Video Data Bank

Modern & Contemporary Abstract Filmmakers

Modern & contemporary abstract filmmakers


Chantal Akerman, In the seventies.

Stan Brakhage, Dog man star.

Bruce Conner, A movie.

Martha Rosler, Super-8 shorts.

Michael Snow, Snow scene.

Oskar Fischinger, Ten films.

Hans Richter, Dreams that money can buy.

Walter Ruttmann, Berlin : symphony of a great city.

Examples can also be found in these anthologies: Treasures IV : American avant-garde film

Avant-garde : experimental cinema of the 1920's and 30's.

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