In the course of my work as a film preservationist and curator specializing in experimental film, I’ve recorded and verified a lot of data related to the filmographies and individual films of a lot of experimental filmmakers, as well as accumulated a lot of anecdotal information directly from these artists and/or their collections. This area of the site is meant as a repository of that information, to provide (eventually) annotated, complete, and verified filmographic info for a variety of filmmakers. With very few exceptions, complete and accurate filmographies for experimental filmmakers are really hard to come by, so I hope this will eventually be an extensive resource for anyone needing that kind of info!
This area of the site will hopefully always be in progress, with new additions and occasional corrections showing up regularly. Because I do have a tendency to make slight modifications here and there as new info emerges (or even as I rethink the phrasing of things at times), please do check here for the most updated versions if you plan to use/cite this information.
In these filmographies, I’ve attributed text when others have written it (including the filmmakers). Any unattributed text (usually in italics) is written by me (Mark Toscano), so please do credit them/me if you use any of this text elsewhere. Wherever possible, I’ve verified exact titles as they appear onscreen, running times from actual measurements, and years from onscreen titles or corroborating information. Where I don’t have this kind of clear data, I’ve gone with the most likely information obtainable, checked with various resources when possible. Old distribution catalogs and similar sources have been helpful in this regard.
All of this is to say that these filmographies are meant to be as accurate as possible to the degree that such information can be accurately verified. As such, they may contain information that conflicts with information commonly circulated (e.g. the release year of Chick Strand’s Waterfall typically being given as 1967, when the presence of extensive 1968 film stock in the film’s original means it can’t possibly be). If you have any question or doubt or want some clarification or confirmation of any of the data contained in this section of the site, or if you even want to request that a certain filmmaker be added here, don’t hesitate to contact me. Also, if you’re an archivist/curator/researcher who has assembled some filmographies of artists from work you’ve done, I would be thrilled to host those here as well (with proper credit to you of course)!
Thom Andersen
Adam Beckett (coming soon)
Gary Beydler
LeAnn Bartok
Joseph Bernard
Bruce Bickford (coming soon)
Stan Brakhage
Robert Breer (coming soon)
B.Y.M. Productions/Peter D. Spoecker
Jay Cassidy
Vince Collins
Jane Conger Belson Shimane
Sharon Couzin (coming soon)
Sally Cruikshank (coming soon)
Carmen D’Avino (coming soon)
David Ehrlich
Kevin Jerome Everson (coming soon)
Morgan Fisher (coming soon)
Michele (Shellie) Fleming
Roberta Friedman & Grahame Weinbren (coming soon)
Su Friedrich (coming soon)
Vincent Grenier
Barbara Hammer
Mike Henderson
Will Hindle
Peter Hutton
Al Jarnow (coming soon)
Jim Jennings
Mike Jittlov (coming soon)
Daina Krumins
Chris Langdon
Mark LaPore (coming soon)
Standish Lawder
Poli Marichal (coming soon)
Patricia Marx
Peter Mays
Curt McDowell
J.J. Murphy (coming soon)
Richard Myers
Robert Nelson (coming soon)
Pat O’Neill (coming soon)
James Otis (coming soon)
Suzan Pitt (coming soon)
David Rimmer (coming soon)
Kathy Rose (coming soon)
Peter Rose (coming soon)
Susan Rosenfeld (coming soon)
Rock Ross (coming soon)
Michael Rudnick
Robert Russett
Betye Saar (coming soon)
William Scaff
Jonathan Schwartz (coming soon)
Lillian Schwartz (coming soon)
Maureen Selwood (coming soon)
Dean Snider
Greta Snider (coming soon)
Phil Solomon
Zack Stiglicz (coming soon)
Chick Strand
Robert Swarthe (coming soon)
Robert Todd
Ben Van Meter
Gus Van Sant (coming soon)
Marian Wallace (coming soon)
John Waters (early films only)
James Whitney (coming soon)
John Whitney (coming soon)
David Wilson (coming soon)
Diana Wilson
Fred Worden
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