Anthony Stern

Who is Anthony Stern?

Anthony Stern was born in Cambridge, England in 1944 and first started making films while at Cambridge University, working as assistant to the avant-garde documentary film maker Peter Whitehead.

Anthony went on to develop the concept of the impressionistic documentary with the making of the BFI-financed San Francisco: Film, which was produced by Iris Sawyer, Jeremy Mitchell, Anthony and his friend Alan Callan. The film, cut to a version of "Interstellar Overdrive" as performed by Pink Floyd, whose lead guitarist was a friend of Stern's, Syd Barrett. went on to win awards for cinematography at the Oberhausen, Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals.

On 14 April 1969 Anthony went to the Royal Festival Hall to film Pink Floyd as they rehearsed for their 'Man/Journey' show, billed as 'The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes' – More Furious Madness from Pink Floyd. The filming was interrupted by a RFH official who demanded he stop as no permission to film had been granted by RFH officials.

Anthony also made the ground breaking experimental films 'Serendipity' and 'Ain't Misbehavin'", pioneering the use of 16 mm single frame cinematography in the late 1960s.