Lawrence Jordan
Directing
Known principally as a maverick spirit in the world of avant-garde American cinema, Lawrence Jordan played an important role in the late 1950s and early 1960s San Francisco art scene. Jordan has made over seventy experimental films, including a number of fanciful, filmic animations made from collaged cut outs of Victorian engravings. The animations extend dreamlike imagery of collaged landscape into a cinematic realm of transformation and free form symbolism. Jordan seeks to delve into the deep structures and Jungian connotations of the mythological images his films reference. His alchemical…
Filmography
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Reve d'Or
2024
Hommage
2024
Harper's Bazar
2022
Alchemy
2021
Belle du Jour
2021
Encounters in Light
2020
Oz
2019
The Ogre's Garden
2019
Delirium
2018
Time Travel
2017
Entr’acte III
2017
Night Light
2016
The Apoplectic Walrus
2015
The Apoplectic Walrus
2015
Entr'acte II
Entr'acte II
2015
Entr'Acte
2014
Inferno
Inferno
2014
Driving Demons
Driving Demons
2014
Solar Sight III
2013
After the Circus
2013
Solar Sight II
2012
Solar Sight
2011
Beyond Enchantment
2010
Cosmic Alchemy
2010
Circus Savage
2009
The Miracle of Don Cristobal
The Miracle of Don Cristobal
2008
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass
2008
Silent Sonatas
2007
Poet's Dream
Poet's Dream
2005
Enid's Idyll
2004
Chateau/Poyet
Chateau/Poyet
2004
Postcard from San Miguel
1996
The Grove
1993
Star of Day
1993
The Black Oud
1992
The Visible Compendium
The Visible Compendium
1991
Tapestry
1988
Sophie's Place
1986
Adagio
Adagio
1983
Winter Light
Winter Light
1983
In a Summer Garden
1982
Masquerade
1981
Carabosse
1980
Finds of the Fortnight
1980
Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight Sonata
1979
Cornell, 1965
Cornell, 1965
1978
Visions of a City
1978
Ancestors
1978
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1977
The Apparition
1976
Orb
1973
Once Upon a Time
1973
The Sacred Art of Tibet
The Sacred Art of Tibet
1972
Three by Cornell
1972
Hildur and the Magician
1970
Our Lady of the Sphere
1969
The Old House, Passing
1967
For Life, Against the War
1967
Rodia-Estudiantina
Rodia-Estudiantina
1966
Big Sur: The Ladies
1966
Hamfat Asar
Hamfat Asar
1965
Gymnopédies
1965
A Legend for Fountains
1965
The Dream Merchant
1965
Ein Traum der Liebenden
1964
Duo Concertantes
1964
Johnnie
1964
Jewel Face
1964
Pink Swine!
Pink Swine!
1963
The Forty and One Nights
1961
Portrait of Sharon
Portrait of Sharon
1960
Hymn in Praise of the Sun
1960
The Season's Change
1960
The Soccer Game
1960
Minerva Looks Out into the Zodiac
1959
Triptych in Four Parts
Triptych in Four Parts
1958
Spectre Mystagogic
1957
Water Light
Water Light
1956
Three
1956
Trumpit
1956
