Nathaniel Dorsky

Nathaniel Dorsky

Directing

Raised in New York on a steady diet of Westerns and Disney True-Life Adventures, Nathaniel Dorsky started shooting 8mm movies at the age of eleven. In 1963, when he had just turned 20, he made Ingreen, a boldly symbolic psychodrama about a young man’s sexual coming of age. At that film’s premiere, he met soon-to-be fellow filmmaker Jerome Hiler, who would become his partner in life and a major inspiration for his work. (“We were filming for one another,” Hiler recently said.) In 1971 the two moved to San Francisco, where they’ve lived ever since. Around the same time, Dorsky entered a…

Filmography

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Dreams Reveal a Weightless World Dreams Reveal a Weightless World 2024 O Death ★ 6.0 O Death 2023 Place d'or Place d'or 2023 Caracole (for Izcali) Caracole (for Izcali) 2023 Pavane Pavane 2023 Dialogues Dialogues 2022 Naos Naos 2022 Caracole (for Mac) Caracole (for Mac) 2022 Interval Interval 2022 Ember Days Ember Days 2021 Terce Terce 2021 Emanations Emanations 2020 William William 2020 Temple Sleep Temple Sleep 2020 Lamentations ★ 8.0 Lamentations 2020 Canticles Canticles 2019 Caracole (for Cecilia) Caracole (for Cecilia) 2019 Apricity ★ 7.0 Apricity 2019 Interlude Interlude 2019 Calyx Calyx 2018 Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle) Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle) 2018 Arboretum Cycle ★ 10.0 Arboretum Cycle 2018 September September 2018 Epilogue Epilogue 2018 Monody Monody 2018 Elohim Elohim 2017 Abaton Abaton 2017 Ode Ode 2017 Coda Coda 2017 The Dreamer The Dreamer 2016 Ossuary Ossuary 2016 Lux Perpetua II Lux Perpetua II 2016 Lux Perpetua I Lux Perpetua I 2016 Death of a Poet Death of a Poet 2016 Other Archer Other Archer 2016 Autumn Autumn 2015 Prelude Prelude 2015 Intimations Intimations 2015 Avraham Avraham 2014 Fortune Fortune 2014 December ★ 6.0 December 2014 February ★ 6.0 February 2014 Summer ★ 7.0 Summer 2013 Spring Spring 2013 Song Song 2013 Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park ★ 7.0 Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park 2013 New Shores ★ 8.0 New Shores 2012 August and After ★ 5.5 August and After 2012 April April 2012 The Return ★ 7.0 The Return 2011 Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story ★ 6.0 Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story 2010 Pastourelle ★ 6.0 Pastourelle 2010 Aubade ★ 6.0 Aubade 2010 Compline ★ 6.0 Compline 2009 Sarabande ★ 6.0 Sarabande 2008 Winter Winter 2008 Song and Solitude ★ 6.3 Song and Solitude 2006 Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 1) Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 1) 2006 Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 2) Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 2) 2006 Threnody ★ 6.0 Threnody 2004 Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America ★ 6.5 Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America 2004 The Visitation ★ 7.7 The Visitation 2002 Love's Refrain Love's Refrain 2001 Arbor Vitae ★ 6.0 Arbor Vitae 2000 Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles ★ 6.5 Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles 2000 Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey 1999 Variations ★ 6.8 Variations 1998 Triste ★ 7.0 Triste 1996 Black Sheep Boy ★ 6.0 Black Sheep Boy 1995 The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg ★ 5.7 The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 1994 Rembrandt Laughing ★ 5.0 Rembrandt Laughing 1989 Renga Renga 1989 Alaya ★ 8.0 Alaya 1987 17 Reasons Why ★ 6.0 17 Reasons Why 1987 What Happened to Kerouac? ★ 6.0 What Happened to Kerouac? 1986 Pneuma ★ 4.0 Pneuma 1983 Ariel ★ 9.0 Ariel 1983 Hours for Jerome ★ 7.8 Hours for Jerome 1982 Revenge of the Cheerleaders ★ 4.4 Revenge of the Cheerleaders 1976 Look Park ★ 6.0 Look Park 1974