Stan Brakhage

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Stan Brakhage

1933Kansas City, Missouri, USA 387 Movies1 TV Shows

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.

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Derealization

Derealization

20 Little Films

20 Little Films

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Drawings by Billy and His Friends

Drawings by Billy and His Friends

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two

Sweetgrass

Sweetgrass

For Stan

For Stan

Dinner with Brakhage and Gamow

Dinner with Brakhage and Gamow

Brakhage Crosses Central Park

Brakhage Crosses Central Park

A Visit to Stan Brakhage

A Visit to Stan Brakhage

Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability

Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One

Chinese Series

Chinese Series

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

Self (archive footage)

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

Keeping an Eye on Stan

Keeping an Eye on Stan

Encomium

Encomium

Panels for the Walls of Heaven

Panels for the Walls of Heaven

Resurrectus Est

Resurrectus Est

Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting

Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting

SB

Seasons...

Seasons...

Ascension

Ascension

Song of the Mushroom

Song of the Mushroom

Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day

Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

Max

Max

Persian Series #16

Persian Series #16

Micro Garden

Micro Garden

Garden Path

Garden Path

Lovesong 5 & 6

Lovesong 5 & 6

Dark Night of The Soul

Dark Night of The Soul

Lovesong 4

Lovesong 4

Lovesong

Lovesong

Lovesong 3

Lovesong 3

Occam's Thread

Occam's Thread

Rounds

Rounds

Very

Very

Night Mulch

Night Mulch

Lovesong 2

Lovesong 2

Jesus Trilogy and Coda

Jesus Trilogy and Coda

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Persian Series #11

Persian Series #11

Persian Series #10

Persian Series #10

Looking at Forest of Bliss

Looking at Forest of Bliss

The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him

The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him

Water for Maya

Water for Maya

Persian Series #6

Persian Series #6

The Lion and the Zebra Make God's Raw Jewels

The Lion and the Zebra Make God's Raw Jewels

Moilsome Toilsome

Moilsome Toilsome

Persian Series #2

Persian Series #2

Persian Series #3

Persian Series #3

Persian Series #1

Persian Series #1

Persian Series #4

Persian Series #4

Persian Series #5

Persian Series #5

The Earthsong of the Cricket

The Earthsong of the Cricket

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

The Birds Of Paradise

The Birds Of Paradise

Coupling

Coupling

Cloud Chamber

Cloud Chamber

Worm and Web Love

Worm and Web Love

Cricket Requiem

Cricket Requiem

Brakhage

Brakhage

"..." Reel 3

"..." Reel 3

"..." Reel 5

"..." Reel 5

The Female Mystique and Spare Leaves (for Gordon)

The Female Mystique and Spare Leaves (for Gordon)

"..." Reel 4

"..." Reel 4

"..." Reel 2

"..." Reel 2

Self Song & Death Song

Self Song & Death Song

Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind

Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos

Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos

Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm

The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm

Last Hymn to the Night - Novalis

Last Hymn to the Night - Novalis

Divertimento

Divertimento

Comingled Containers

Comingled Containers

Cannibal! The Musical

Cannibal! The Musical

Prelude 9

Prelude 9

Prelude 11

Prelude 11

Prelude 7

Prelude 7

Prelude 8

Prelude 8

Prelude 13

Prelude 13

Prelude 10

Prelude 10

Prelude 14

Prelude 14

Shockingly Hot

Shockingly Hot

Prelude 15

Prelude 15

Prelude 16

Prelude 16

Prelude 21

Prelude 21

Prelude 22

Prelude 22

Prelude 24

Prelude 24

Prelude 17

Prelude 17

Prelude 19

Prelude 19

Prelude 20

Prelude 20

Prelude 23

Prelude 23

Prelude 18

Prelude 18

Blue Value

Blue Value

Sexual Saga

Sexual Saga

The Fur of Home

The Fur of Home

Beautiful Funerals

Beautiful Funerals

Polite Madness

Polite Madness

Concrescence

Concrescence

Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse

Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse

I Take These Truths

I Take These Truths

I...

I...

We Hold These

We Hold These

The 'b' Series

The 'b' Series

Prelude 3

Prelude 3

Prelude 4

Prelude 4

Prelude 1

Prelude 1

Prelude 2

Prelude 2

Prelude 5

Prelude 5

Prelude 6

Prelude 6

In Consideration of Pompeii

In Consideration of Pompeii

The "Lost" Films

The "Lost" Films

Spring Cycle

Spring Cycle

Paranoia Corridor

Paranoia Corridor

Earthen Aerie

Earthen Aerie

Black Ice

Black Ice

From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis

From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis

Chartres Series

Chartres Series

Jonas in the Desert

Jonas in the Desert

The Mammals of Victoria

The Mammals of Victoria

Elementary Phrases

Elementary Phrases

Naughts

Naughts

Cannot Exist

Cannot Exist

Cannot Not Exist

Cannot Not Exist

Stellar

Stellar

Autumnal

Autumnal

Three Homerics

Three Homerics

The Harrowing

The Harrowing

Tryst Haunt

Tryst Haunt

Abstract Cinema

Abstract Cinema

Boulder Blues and Pearls and...

Boulder Blues and Pearls and...

Study in Color and Black and White

Study in Color and Black and White

Ephemeral Solidity

Ephemeral Solidity

Blossom-Gift/Favor

Blossom-Gift/Favor

Untitled (For Marilyn)

Untitled (For Marilyn)

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

Christ Mass Sex Dance

Christ Mass Sex Dance

Agnus Dei Kinder Synapse

Agnus Dei Kinder Synapse

Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse

Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse

Crack Glass Eulogy

Crack Glass Eulogy

A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea

A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea

Passage Through: A Ritual

Passage Through: A Ritual

Vision of the Fire Tree

Vision of the Fire Tree

Glaze of Cathexis

Glaze of Cathexis

Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence

Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence

City Streaming

City Streaming

Babylon Series #2

Babylon Series #2

Babylon Series #3

Babylon Series #3

The Thatch of Night

The Thatch of Night

Babylon Series #1

Babylon Series #1

Faust IV

Faust IV

Visions in Meditation #1

Visions in Meditation #1

Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde

Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde

I... Dreaming

I... Dreaming

Faust 3: Candida Albacore

Faust 3: Candida Albacore

Faust's Other: An Idyll

Faust's Other: An Idyll

Rage Net

Rage Net

Marilyn's Window

Marilyn's Window

Matins

Matins

The Dante Quartet

The Dante Quartet

Loud Visual Noises

Loud Visual Noises

Faustfilm: An Opera

Faustfilm: An Opera

Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye

Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye

Kindering

Kindering

The Loom

The Loom

Invocation: Maya Deren

Invocation: Maya Deren

Dance Shadows by Danelle Helander

Dance Shadows by Danelle Helander

Fireloop

Fireloop

Night Music

Night Music

Confession

Confession

The Aerodyne

The Aerodyne

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Jane

Jane

Tortured Dust

Tortured Dust

Tortured Dust Part 3

Tortured Dust Part 3

Tortured Dust Part 2

Tortured Dust Part 2

Tortured Dust Part 1

Tortured Dust Part 1

Tortured Dust Part 4

Tortured Dust Part 4

Egyptian Series

Egyptian Series

Hell Spit Flexion

Hell Spit Flexion

Arabic Numeral Series 15

Arabic Numeral Series 15

Arabic Numeral Series 19

Arabic Numeral Series 19

Arabic Numeral Series 16

Arabic Numeral Series 16

Arabic Numeral Series 18

Arabic Numeral Series 18

Arabic Numeral Series 14

Arabic Numeral Series 14

Arabic Numeral Series 17

Arabic Numeral Series 17

Nodes

Nodes

Stan & Jane Brakhage

Stan & Jane Brakhage

Unconscious London Strata

Unconscious London Strata

Made Manifest

Made Manifest

Aftermath

Aftermath

Arabic Numeral Series 12

Arabic Numeral Series 12

Arabic Numeral Series 11

Arabic Numeral Series 11

Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10

Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10

Arabic Numeral Series 13

Arabic Numeral Series 13

Arabic Numeral Series 9

Arabic Numeral Series 9

Arabic Numeral Series 7

Arabic Numeral Series 7

Arabic Numeral Series 8

Arabic Numeral Series 8

Arabic Numeral Series 3

Arabic Numeral Series 3

Arabic Numeral Series 6

Arabic Numeral Series 6

Arabic Numeral Series 1

Arabic Numeral Series 1

Arabic Numeral Series 2

Arabic Numeral Series 2

Arabic Numeral Series 4

Arabic Numeral Series 4

Arabic Numeral Series 5

Arabic Numeral Series 5

The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Garden of Earthly Delights

RR

Murder Psalm

Murder Psalm

Duplicity III

Duplicity III

Roman Numeral: VII

Roman Numeral: VII

Roman Numeral: IV

Roman Numeral: IV

Roman Numeral: IX

Roman Numeral: IX

Roman Numeral: VI

Roman Numeral: VI

Roman Numeral: V

Roman Numeral: V

Sincerity V

Sincerity V

Other

Other

Salome

Salome

@

Roman Numeral: I

Roman Numeral: I

Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

Himself (voice)

Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

Roman Numeral: II

Roman Numeral: II

Sincerity IV

Sincerity IV

Creation

Creation

Roman Numeral: III

Roman Numeral: III

Burial Path

Burial Path

Thot-Fal'N

Thot-Fal'N

Bird

Bird

Centre

Centre

Nightmare Series

Nightmare Series

Sluice

Sluice

Purity and After

Purity and After

Duplicity II

Duplicity II

Sincerity III

Sincerity III

Duplicity I

Duplicity I

Soldiers and Other Cosmic Objects

Soldiers and Other Cosmic Objects

Tragoedia

Tragoedia

The Domain of the Moment

The Domain of the Moment

The Dream, N.Y.C., The Return, The Flower

The Dream, N.Y.C., The Return, The Flower

Absence

Absence

Desert

Desert

Highs

Highs

Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane

Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane

Trio

Trio

Window

Window

Airs

Airs

Short Films 1976

Short Films 1976

Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

Short Films 1975: #5 (Niagara Falls)

Short Films 1975: #5 (Niagara Falls)

Short Films 1975: #4 (Lady in Glass)

Short Films 1975: #4 (Lady in Glass)

Short Films 1975: #8 (Small Town Streets)

Short Films 1975: #8 (Small Town Streets)

Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles)

Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles)

Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose)

Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose)

Short Films 1975

Short Films 1975

Sincerity II

Sincerity II

Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning)

Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning)

Short Films 1975: #9 (Forest Love Scene)

Short Films 1975: #9 (Forest Love Scene)

The Stars Are Beautiful

Narrator (voice)

The Stars Are Beautiful

The Text of Light

The Text of Light

Hymn to Her

Hymn to Her

Star Garden

Skein

Skein

Aquarien

Aquarien

Clancy

Clancy

Flight

Flight

“He was born, he suffered, he died.”

“He was born, he suffered, he died.”

Sol

Sol

Dominion

Dominion

Sincerity I

Sincerity I

Sexual Meditation: Open Field

Sexual Meditation: Open Field

Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

The Women

The Women

The Process

The Process

The Riddle of Lumen

The Riddle of Lumen

Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

Sexual Meditation: Faun's Room, Yale

Sexual Meditation: Faun's Room, Yale

Reality's Invisible

Reality's Invisible

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

The Wold-Shadow

The Wold-Shadow

Sexual Meditation: Hotel

Sexual Meditation: Hotel

The Shores of Phos: A Fable

The Shores of Phos: A Fable

Eye Myth Educational

Eye Myth Educational

The Presence

The Presence

The Trip to Door

The Trip to Door

Fox Fire Child Watch

Fox Fire Child Watch

Western History

Western History

Sexual Meditation: Room with View

Sexual Meditation: Room with View

Door

Door

The Peaceable Kingdom

The Peaceable Kingdom

Angels'

Angels'

Eyes

Eyes

The Machine of Eden

The Machine of Eden

The Animals of Eden and After

The Animals of Eden and After

The Weir-Falcon Saga

The Weir-Falcon Saga

Scenes from Under Childhood

Scenes from Under Childhood

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four

Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Three

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Three

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Two

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Two

My Mtn. Song 27 Part II: Rivers

My Mtn. Song 27 Part II: Rivers

Filmmakers

Filmmakers

Window Suite of Children's Songs

Window Suite of Children's Songs

American 30s Song

American 30s Song

Song 28

Song 28

Song 29

Song 29

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

The Horseman, the Woman, and the Moth

The Horseman, the Woman, and the Moth

Lovemaking

Lovemaking

My Mountain: Song 27

My Mountain: Song 27

Song 26

Song 26

Eye Myth

Eye Myth

Song 24

Song 24

Song 25

Song 25

For Life, Against the War

For Life, Against the War

23rd Psalm Branch

23rd Psalm Branch

23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

Song 21

Song 21

Song 20

Song 20

Song 17

Song 17

Song 22

Song 22

Song 18

Song 18

Song 19

Song 19

Song 16

Song 16

Pasht

Pasht

Two: Creeley/McClure

Two: Creeley/McClure

Fire of Waters

Fire of Waters

Three Films: Blue White/Blood's Tone/Vein

Three Films: Blue White/Blood's Tone/Vein

Song 12

Song 12

Song 14

Song 14

Song 13

Song 13

Song 11

Song 11

Black Vision

Black Vision

The Art of Vision

The Art of Vision

Song 10

Song 10

Song 9

Song 9

Dog Star Man

Dog Star Man: Part IV

Dog Star Man: Part IV

Dog Star Man: Part III

Dog Star Man: Part III

Dog Star Man: Part II

Dog Star Man: Part II

Song 1

Song 1

Song 6

Song 6

Song 4

Song 4

Song 2

Song 2

Song 3

Song 3

Song 8

Song 8

Song 5

Song 5

Song 7

Song 7

Mothlight

Mothlight

Oh Life - a Woe Story - the A Test News

Oh Life - a Woe Story - the A Test News

Dog Star Man: Part I

Dog Star Man: Part I

Blue Moses

Blue Moses

Prelude: Dog Star Man

Prelude: Dog Star Man

Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

Sartre's Nausea

Sartre's Nausea

Ballad of the Colorado Ute

Ballad of the Colorado Ute

Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie

Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie

The Dead

The Dead

Colorado Legend

Colorado Legend

Sirius Remembered

Sirius Remembered

Window Water Baby Moving

Self (uncredited)

Window Water Baby Moving

Wedlock House: An Intercourse

Wedlock House: An Intercourse

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

Anticipation of the Night

Anticipation of the Night

Loving

Loving

Daybreak and Whiteye

Daybreak and Whiteye

Flesh of Morning

Flesh of Morning

Trumpit

Trumpit

The One Romantic Venture of Edward

The One Romantic Venture of Edward

Zone Moment

Zone Moment

Nightcats

Nightcats

The Wonder Ring

The Wonder Ring

Centuries of June

Centuries of June

In Between

In Between

The Extraordinary Child

The Extraordinary Child

Desistfilm

Desistfilm

Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection

Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection

Interim

Interim

Songs

Self (Uncredited)

Songs

Visions in Meditation

Visions in Meditation

Arabic Numeral Series

Arabic Numeral Series

Persian Series

Persian Series

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Screening Room

Screening Room