Lynne Sachs

Lynne Sachs

Directing

Lynne Sachs makes films, performances, installations and web projects that explore the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences by weaving together poetry, collage, painting, politics and layered sound design. Since 1994, her five essay films have taken her to Vietnam, Bosnia, Israel and Germany — sites affected by international war–where she tries to work in the space between a community’s collective memory and her own subjective perceptions. Strongly committed to a dialogue between cinematic theory and practice, Lynne searches for a rigorous…

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Every Contact Leaves a Trace Every Contact Leaves a Trace 2025 This Side of Salina This Side of Salina 2024 Contractions Contractions 2024 The Jitters The Jitters 2023 Swerve Swerve 2022 Figure and I Figure and I 2021 Maya at 24 Maya at 24 2021 E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo 2021 Girl Is Presence Girl Is Presence 2020 Film About a Father Who ★ 6.0 Film About a Father Who 2020 A Month of Single Frames ★ 6.8 A Month of Single Frames 2019 ¡Despertar! ¡Despertar! 2018 A Morning with Jack Waters A Morning with Jack Waters 2018 The Washing Society The Washing Society 2018 Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor ★ 5.6 Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor 2018 And Then We Marched And Then We Marched 2017 Tip of my Tongue Tip of my Tongue 2017 A Year in Notes and Numbers A Year in Notes and Numbers 2017 Day Residue Day Residue 2016 Starfish Aorta Colossus Starfish Aorta Colossus 2015 Drift and Bough Drift and Bough 2014 Your Day Is My Night ★ 5.5 Your Day Is My Night 2014 Same Stream Twice Same Stream Twice 2012 Sound of a Shadow Sound of a Shadow 2011 Wind in Our Hair Wind in Our Hair 2010 The Task of the Translator The Task of the Translator 2010 The Last Happy Day ★ 5.0 The Last Happy Day 2009 Cuadro por cuadro Cuadro por cuadro 2009 Georgic for a Forgotten Planet Georgic for a Forgotten Planet 2009 XY Chromosome Project XY Chromosome Project 2007 The Small Ones The Small Ones 2006 Atalanta: 32 Years Later Atalanta: 32 Years Later 2006 Noa, Noa Noa, Noa 2006 States of UnBelonging States of UnBelonging 2005 Investigation of a Flame ★ 7.0 Investigation of a Flame 2002 First Steps in a Terra Incognita First Steps in a Terra Incognita 2002 Tornado Tornado 2002 Photograph of Wind Photograph of Wind 2001 Window Work ★ 4.0 Window Work 2000 A Biography of Lilith A Biography of Lilith 1997 Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam ★ 6.0 Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam 1994 The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts 1991 Sermons and Sacred Pictures Sermons and Sacred Pictures 1989 The Randy Band Film The Randy Band Film 1988 Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning 1987 Fossil Fossil 1986 Drawn and Quartered ★ 6.0 Drawn and Quartered 1986 Still Life with Woman and Four Objects Still Life with Woman and Four Objects 1986 The Tarot The Tarot 1983 Visit to Bernadette Mayer’s Childhood Home Visit to Bernadette Mayer’s Childhood Home