Stan VanDerBeek

Stan VanDerBeek

Directing

American experimental filmmaker Stan Vanderbeek began his career in the 1950’s after having studied art and architecture in New York and North Carolina.

His earliest period (1955-1965) is marked by his animated painting and collage films which the artist and critic Daryl Chin regarded as having an “enormous vitality, bounding inventiveness and incendiary wit which was shared by such other collagists as Robert Breer, Bruce Conner, Dick Preston.” Films such as Science Friction (1959, 10’), Breathdeath (1963, 15’), A la Mode (1959, 7’) and Achoo Mr. Kerrooschev (1960, 2’) are from this…

Filmography

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Visual Velocity: The Work of Stan VanDerBeek Visual Velocity: The Work of Stan VanDerBeek 2000 Home Movies 1971-81 Home Movies 1971-81 1985 Reeling in TV Time Reeling in TV Time 1983 Micro Cosmos 1-4 Micro Cosmos 1-4 1983 Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie 1983 Self-Poured Traits Self-Poured Traits 1983 Face Concert Face Concert 1981 After Laughter After Laughter 1981 Mirrored Reason Mirrored Reason 1980 Euclidean Illusions Euclidean Illusions 1980 Color Fields Left Color Fields Left 1977 Vanishing Point Left Vanishing Point Left 1977 Strobe Ode Strobe Ode 1977 Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema” Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema” 1973 Symmetricks Symmetricks 1972 Who Ho Rays No. 1 Who Ho Rays No. 1 1972 The Computer Generation The Computer Generation 1972 Videospace Videospace 1970 Moirage Moirage 1970 Oh Oh 1968 Ad Infinitum Ad Infinitum 1968 Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall 1968 Superimposition Superimposition 1968 Film Form No. 1 Film Form No. 1 1968 Fuses ★ 5.8 Fuses 1967 Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version) Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version) 1967 Poem Field No. 1 Poem Field No. 1 1967 Panels for the Walls of the World Panels for the Walls of the World 1967 Poem Field Series Poem Field Series 1967 Poem Field No. 7 Poem Field No. 7 1967 Image After Image Image After Image 1967 For Life, Against the War ★ 6.0 For Life, Against the War 1967 Expo Faces Expo Faces 1967 Man and His World Man and His World 1967 Poem Field No. 3 Poem Field No. 3 1967 Spherical Space No. 1 Spherical Space No. 1 1967 Collide: Oscope Collide: Oscope 1966 Poem Field No. 2 ★ 8.0 Poem Field No. 2 1966 Vision III Vision III 1966 Movie-Drome Movie-Drome 1966 See Saw Seams ★ 4.0 See Saw Seams 1965 The Human Face Is a Monument The Human Face Is a Monument 1965 Pastorale ★ 7.0 Pastorale 1965 Movie-Movies Movie-Movies 1965 Facescapes Facescapes 1965 A Dam Rib Bed A Dam Rib Bed 1965 The Birth of the American Flag The Birth of the American Flag 1965 Fluids Fluids 1964 Site ★ 6.0 Site 1964 Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2 Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2 1964 Phenomenon No. 1 Phenomenon No. 1 1964 Breathdeath ★ 4.9 Breathdeath 1963 Summit Summit 1963 Skullduggery ★ 4.3 Skullduggery 1962 Snapshots of the City Snapshots of the City 1961 Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev ★ 5.2 Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev 1960 Black and White, Day and Night Black and White, Day and Night 1960 The Smiling Workman The Smiling Workman 1960 Science Friction ★ 5.8 Science Friction 1959 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 1959 A La Mode ★ 5.5 A La Mode 1959 Astral Man ★ 8.0 Astral Man 1959 Dance of the Looney Spoons Dance of the Looney Spoons 1959 Street Meat Street Meat 1959 Wheeeels No. 1 Wheeeels No. 1 1958 Wheeeeels No. 2 Wheeeeels No. 2 1958 What, Who, How ★ 4.2 What, Who, How 1957 Mankinda Mankinda 1957 Poem Field No. 4 Poem Field No. 4 Poem Field No. 8 Poem Field No. 8 Poem Field No. 6 Poem Field No. 6