Ed Emshwiller

Ed Emshwiller

Directing
Born 1925-02-16 Died 1990-07-27 Lansing, Michigan 65 credits
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Born in 1925, Ed Emshwiller studied graphic design at the University of Michigan and L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. By the late '60s Emshwiller was working as a science fiction illustrator, and had established his place in the American avant-garde cinema with such works as Relativity (1966) and Image, Flesh and Voice (1969). His early films featured collaborations with dancers and choreographers—a theme he carried over into his videoworks. As both an artist and a teacher, Emshwiller’s pioneering efforts to develop an alternative technological language in video were enormously influential. His early experiments with synthesizers and computers included the electronic rendering of three-dimensional space, the interplay of illusion and reality, and manipulations of time, movement, and scale that explore the relationship between "external reality and subjective feelings." Emshwiller was among the first artists-in-residence at the TV Lab at WNET, where he produced the groundbreaking Scape-mates (1972). Sunstone (1979) was made over a period of eight months at the New York Institute of Technology. Emshwiller passed away in 1990 and an extensive collection of his work is housed by Anthology Film Archives.
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Directing 41 credits
Thanatopsis
Thanatopsis
1963 · Director
Carol
Carol
1970 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Skin Matrix
Skin Matrix
1984 · Director
Dance Chromatic
Dance Chromatic
1959 · Director
Sur Faces
Sur Faces
1977 · Director
Lifelines
Lifelines
1960 · Director
Self-Trio
Self-Trio
1976 · Director
Identities
Identities
1973 · Director
Family Focus
Family Focus
1976 · Director, Himself, Editor
Hungers
Hungers
1987 · Director
Chrysalis
Chrysalis
1973 · Director, Cinematography, Sound
Freedom March
Freedom March
1963 · Director
Monsters
Monsters
1958 · Director
Fusion
Fusion
1967 · Director
Big Vacation
Big Vacation
1958 · Director
Sunstone
Sunstone
1979 · Director, Writer
Scape-Mates
Scape-Mates
1972 · Director, Writer
Dubs
Dubs
1978 · Director
Transformation
Transformation
1959 · Director
Inside Edges
Inside Edges
1975 · Director
Eclipse
Eclipse
1979 · Director
Thermogenesis
Thermogenesis
1972 · Director
Relativity
Relativity
1966 · Director
George Dumpson's Place
George Dumpson's Place
1965 · Director
Scrambles
Scrambles
1964 · Director
Totem
Totem
1963 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Film with Three Dancers
Film with Three Dancers
1971 · Director
The Thing from Back Issues
The Thing from Back Issues
1956 · Director
Skin Matrix S
Skin Matrix S
1984 · Director
Project Apollo
Project Apollo
1968 · Director
New England Visions Past and Future
New England Visions Past and Future
1976 · Director
In Three Zones
In Three Zones
1966 · Director
Art Scene USA
Art Scene USA
1966 · Director
Image, Flesh and Voice
Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 · Director
Positive Negative Electronic Faces
Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1973 · Director
Choice Chance Woman Dance
Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 · Director
Crossings and Meetings
Crossings and Meetings
1974 · Director
Woe Oh Ho No
Woe Oh Ho No
1972 · Director
Faces of America
Faces of America
1965 · Director
Pilobolus and Joan
Pilobolus and Joan
1973 · Director
Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1958 · Director
Acting 18 credits
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967 · 77% · Camera Operator
Report
Report
1970 · Sound Recordist, Cinematography
Painters Painting
Painters Painting
1973 · Cinematography
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Self
Millhouse
Millhouse
1971 · Cinematography
Carol
Carol
1970 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Family Focus
Family Focus
1976 · Director, Himself, Editor
Chrysalis
Chrysalis
1973 · Director, Cinematography, Sound
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven
1980 · Special Effects
Film Magazine of the Arts
Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 · Cinematography
Hallelujah the Hills
Hallelujah the Hills
1963 · Gideon, Cinematography
Time of the Heathen
Time of the Heathen
1962 · Editor, Art Direction, Cinematography
The American Way
The American Way
1962 · Camera Operator
Lost, Lost, Lost
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976 · Self
The Streets of Greenwood
The Streets of Greenwood
1962 · Cinematography
Galaxie
Galaxie
1966 · Self
Suite 212
Suite 212
1974 · Camera Operator
Jr. Star Trek
Jr. Star Trek
1969 · Cinematography
Other credits 8 credits
Carol
Carol
1970 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Family Focus
Family Focus
1976 · Director, Himself, Editor
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation
1997
Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Time of the Heathen
Time of the Heathen
1962 · Editor, Art Direction, Cinematography
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
1973
Totem
Totem
1963 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Oysters Are in Season
Oysters Are in Season
1966 · Director of Photography
Writing 2 credits
Sunstone
Sunstone
1979 · Director, Writer
Scape-Mates
Scape-Mates
1972 · Director, Writer
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