Lawrence Jordan

Lawrence Jordan

Directing
Born 1934-01-01 Denver, Colorado, USA 89 credits
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Known principally as a maverick spirit in the world of avant-garde American cinema, Lawrence Jordan played an important role in the late 1950s and early 1960s San Francisco art scene. Jordan has made over seventy experimental films, including a number of fanciful, filmic animations made from collaged cut outs of Victorian engravings. The animations extend dreamlike imagery of collaged landscape into a cinematic realm of transformation and free form symbolism. Jordan seeks to delve into the deep structures and Jungian connotations of the mythological images his films reference. His alchemical approach to imagery creates what he has called the “theater of the mind, which you construct. That is the Underworld... the realm of the imagination. You have to have a place to work with images.” Jordan founded the film department of the San Francisco Art institute in 1969 and taught there for over thirty years. He made his own box assemblages in Cornell ’s lyrically evocative style since the mid-1960s. Many feature ingenious mechanical and kinetic effects. He continues to make films and box collages at his home and studio in Petaluma where he has lived since 1978.
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Directing 55 credits
Cornell, 1965
Cornell, 1965
1978 · Director, Narrator (voice), Editor
Gymnopédies
Gymnopédies
1965 · Director
Spectre Mystagogic
Spectre Mystagogic
1957 · Director
Tapestry
Tapestry
1988 · Director, Himself
Sophie's Place
Sophie's Place
1986 · Director
Our Lady of the Sphere
Our Lady of the Sphere
1969 · Director
For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Director
Night Light
Night Light
2016 · Director
The Ogre's Garden
The Ogre's Garden
2019 · Director
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1977 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Grove
The Grove
1993 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Duo Concertantes
Duo Concertantes
1964 · Director
Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight Sonata
1979 · Director
The Soccer Game
The Soccer Game
1960 · Director
Entr'Acte
Entr'Acte
2014 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
The Apoplectic Walrus
The Apoplectic Walrus
2015 · Director
Driving Demons
Driving Demons
2014 · Director
A Legend for Fountains
A Legend for Fountains
1965 · Co-Director
Circus Savage
Circus Savage
2009 · Director
Trumpit
Trumpit
1956 · Director
Orb
Orb
1973 · Director
Ancestors
Ancestors
1978 · Director, Animation
The Dream Merchant
The Dream Merchant
1965 · Director
Oz
Oz
2019 · Director
Inferno
Inferno
2014 · Director
Big Sur: The Ladies
Big Sur: The Ladies
1966 · Director
Water Light
Water Light
1956 · Director
Time Travel
Time Travel
2017 · Director
In a Summer Garden
In a Summer Garden
1982 · Director
The Black Oud
The Black Oud
1992 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Pink Swine!
Pink Swine!
1963 · Director
Adagio
Adagio
1983 · Director
Hamfat Asar
Hamfat Asar
1965 · Director
Hildur and the Magician
Hildur and the Magician
1970 · Director, Writer, Producer
Rodia-Estudiantina
Rodia-Estudiantina
1966 · Director
Carabosse
Carabosse
1980 · Director
Jewel Face
Jewel Face
1964 · Director
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass
2008 · Director
Three
Three
1956 · Director
Star of Day
Star of Day
1993 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Solar Sight III
Solar Sight III
2013 · Director, Writer, Editor
Hymn in Praise of the Sun
Hymn in Praise of the Sun
1960 · Director
Silent Sonatas
Silent Sonatas
2007 · Director
Masquerade
Masquerade
1981 · Director
Triptych in Four Parts
Triptych in Four Parts
1958 · Director
Visions of a City
Visions of a City
1978 · Director
Undertow
Undertow
1955 · Director
Johnnie
Johnnie
1964 · Director
Belle du Jour
Belle du Jour
2021 · Director, Editor
Hommage
Hommage
2024 · Director
Entr’acte III
Entr’acte III
2017 · Director
Winter Light
Winter Light
1983 · Director
Reve d'Or
Reve d'Or
2024 · Director
Untitled Early Film
Untitled Early Film
· Director
The Old House, Passing
The Old House, Passing
1967 · Director
Other credits 13 credits
Cornell, 1965
Cornell, 1965
1978 · Director, Narrator (voice), Editor
The Extraordinary Child
The Extraordinary Child
1954
Desistfilm
Desistfilm
1954
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1977 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Grove
The Grove
1993 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding
Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding
1955
Entr'Acte
Entr'Acte
2014 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
The Black Oud
The Black Oud
1992 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection
1953
Hildur and the Magician
Hildur and the Magician
1970 · Director, Writer, Producer
Star of Day
Star of Day
1993 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Solar Sight III
Solar Sight III
2013 · Director, Writer, Editor
Belle du Jour
Belle du Jour
2021 · Director, Editor
Acting 9 credits
Cornell, 1965
Cornell, 1965
1978 · Director, Narrator (voice), Editor
Encounters in Light
Encounters in Light
2020 · The Filmmaker
Tapestry
Tapestry
1988 · Director, Himself
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1977 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Grove
The Grove
1993 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Ancestors
Ancestors
1978 · Director, Animation
The Black Oud
The Black Oud
1992 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Hildur and the Magician
Hildur and the Magician
1970 · Director, Writer, Producer
Star of Day
Star of Day
1993 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Writing 3 credits
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1977 · Director, Writer, Producer
Hildur and the Magician
Hildur and the Magician
1970 · Director, Writer, Producer
Solar Sight III
Solar Sight III
2013 · Director, Writer, Editor
Producing 2 credits
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1977 · Director, Writer, Producer
Hildur and the Magician
Hildur and the Magician
1970 · Director, Writer, Producer
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