Stan Brakhage
Film director
1933 – 2003
Who was Stan Brakhage?
James Stanley Brakhage, better known as Stan Brakhage, was an American non-narrative filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film.
Over the course of five decades, Brakhage created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, collage film and the use of multiple exposures. Interested in mythology and inspired by music, poetry, and visual phenomena, Brakhage sought to reveal the universal in the particular, exploring themes of birth, mortality, sexuality, and innocence.
Brakhage's films are often noted for their expressiveness and lyricism.
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- Born
- Jan 14, 1933
Kansas City - Also known as
- James Stanley Brakhage
- Robert Sanders
- J. Stan Brakhage
- Stan Brakhage
- Brakhage
- Parents
- Spouses
- Mary Jane Collom
(1957 - 1987) - Marilyn Jull
(1989 - 2003/03/09)
- Mary Jane Collom
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Dartmouth College
Fine art
(1952 - ) - San Francisco Art Institute
Filmmaking
(1953 - )
- Dartmouth College
- Lived in
- Victoria
(2002 - 2003/03/09)
- Victoria
- Died
- Mar 9, 2003
Victoria
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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