Stan Brakhage
Directing
Stan Brakhage is one of the most influential filmmakers in American avant-garde cinema, noted for his unflinching social commentaries and technical innovations. Over his nearly 40-year career, he has made over 200 films of varying length. He made his first film, Interim (1952) at age 18 after dropping out of college. Brakhage films seek to change the way we see. They encourage viewers to eschew traditional narrative structure in favor of pure visual perception that is not reliant on naming what is seen; rather his goal is to create a more visceral visual experience, for he believes that a…
Filmography
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Derealization
2025
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
2022
20 Little Films
2012
Drawings by Billy and His Friends
2011
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
2011
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two
2010
Dinner with Brakhage and Gamow
2008
A Visit to Stan Brakhage
2006
Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability
2004
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One
2003
Chinese Series
2003
Stan's Window & Work in Progress
Stan's Window & Work in Progress
2003
Keeping an Eye on Stan
2003
Panels for the Walls of Heaven
2002
Resurrectus Est
2002
Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002
SB
2002
Seasons...
2002
Ascension
2002
Song of the Mushroom
2002
Max
2002
Persian Series #17
Persian Series #17
2001
Persian Series #13
Persian Series #13
2001
Persian Series #14
Persian Series #14
2001
Persian Series #15
Persian Series #15
2001
Persian Series #18
Persian Series #18
2001
Persian Series #16
2001
Micro-Garden
2001
Garden Path
2001
Lovesong 5 & 6
2001
Dark Night of The Soul
2001
Lovesong 4
2001
Lovesong
2001
Lovesong 3
2001
Occam's Thread
2001
Rounds
2001
Very
2001
Night Mulch
2001
Lovesong 2
2001
Jesus Trilogy and Coda
2000
Persian Series #11
2000
Persian Series #12
Persian Series #12
2000
Persian Series #10
2000
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him
2000
Water for Maya
2000
Persian Series #7
Persian Series #7
2000
Persian Series #6
2000
Persian Series #8
Persian Series #8
2000
Persian Series #9
Persian Series #9
2000
Dance
Dance
2000
The Lion and the Zebra Make God's Raw Jewels
1999
Moilsome Toilsome
1999
Persian Series #2
1999
Persian Series #3
1999
Persian Series #1
1999
Persian Series #4
1999
Persian Series #5
1999
The Earth Song of the Cricket
1999
The Dark Tower
1999
The Birds Of Paradise
1999
Stately Mansions Did Decree
Stately Mansions Did Decree
1999
Coupling
1999
Cloud Chamber
1999
Worm and Web Love
1999
Cricket Requiem
1999
"..." Reel 3
1998
"..." Reel 5
1998
The Female Mystique and Spare Leaves (for Gordon)
1998
"..." Reel 4
1998
"..." Reel 1
"..." Reel 1
1998
"..." Reel 2
1998
I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C)
I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C)
1998
Self Song & Death Song
1997
Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind
1997
Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos
1997
Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis
1997
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm
1997
Last Hymn to the Night - Novalis
1997
Divertimento
1997
Comingled Containers
1996