Essential cinema repertory collection, [ca. 1915-1972], [ca. 1960-1970] (bulk)

ArchivalResource

Essential cinema repertory collection, [ca. 1915-1972], [ca. 1960-1970] (bulk)

The collection, chosen by a five member Film Selection Committee, includes ca.330 titles representing the work of ca.90 film directors. Directors represented include Bruce Baillie, Stan Brakhage, Robert Bresson, James Broughton, Joseph Cornell, May Deren, Hollis Frampton, Dwinell Grant, Jerome Hill, Gregory Markopoulos, Jonas Mekas, Ron Rice, Paul Sharits, Harry Smith, Michael Snow, and others.

ca. 360 films, 8mm, 16mm, 35 mm.

Related Entities

There are 17 Entities related to this resource.

Frampton, Hollis, 1936-1984

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf3kjs (person)

There is no telling what Hollis William Frampton, Jr.'s mental age was when he was born on March 11, 1936 in Wooster, Ohio ; however, when tested at approximately age 12, he was found to have that of one older than 18. At the biological age of 15 he attended Phillips Academy, Andover on full scholarship, where, from 1951 – 1954, as a classmate of Frank Stella and Carl Andre, he studied languages (French, German, Latin, and Greek), literature, and the arts (especially photography and...

Rice, Ron

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rb7tz7 (person)

Bresson, Bruce.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x64bj3 (person)

Mekas, Jonas, 1922-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q25s2 (person)

Jonas Mekas was born in Lithuania in 1922. In 1949, Mekas emigrated with his brother to the United States, where he became interested in avant-garde film. He later began screening his own avant-garde films and publishing criticism in several different venues, including Film Culture . Mekas also founded the Anthology Film Archives, one of the world's largest collections of avant-garde films. From the description of Jonas Mekas collection of Fluxus film loops, 1960-1970. (University of...

Baillie, Bruce, 1931-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z9034n (person)

Broughton, James, 1913-1999

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n8cns (person)

James Richard Broughton was raised in California and graduated from Stanford University in 1936. After studying playwriting and directing in New York, Broughton returned to California and began making experimental films, including The Pleasure Garden, which won a special jury prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. During this time, Broughton wrote and published poetry as one of San Francisco's "Renaissance Poets," which included Helen Adam, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, and Eve Triem. From 1958 t...

Anthology Film Archives. Film Selection Committee.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s808bh (corporateBody)

Cornell, Joseph

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668p8n (person)

American artist. From the description of Joseph Cornell letters : Flushing (N.Y.), to Charles Henri Ford, 1938-1957. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 123429522 Assemblage artist. Born 1903, died 1972. From the description of Joseph Cornell letters to Muriel Streeter Schwartz, 1957-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118594 Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was an assemblagist, collagist, and filmmaker from Flushing, N.Y. ...

Snow, Michael, 1929-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m6csq (person)

Grant, Dwinell, 1912-1991

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz6b00 (person)

Painter, filmmaker; New York, N.Y. and New Hope, Pa. Born and raised in Ohio, Grant received early art training from his grandfather, Paul E. Henking. He also studied at the Dayton Art Institute and the National Academy of Design. In 1935, he began teaching at Wittenberg College in Ohio. He was primarily influenced by his association with Hilla Rebay and the Museum of Non-Objective Art (the Guggenheim), and from 1944-1948 worked on an unfinished film project for the Gugg...

Sharits, Paul

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69z9d0n (person)

Brakhage, Stan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68g8pdt (person)

Avant-garde filmmaker; full name James Stanley Brakhage; b. 1933. From the description of Stan Brakhage papers, 1953-1966. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28415992 ...

Anthology Film Archives

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64v0qh3 (corporateBody)

Deren, Maya

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cj908r (person)

Ukrainian American photographer, dancer, actress, filmmaker, film critic, author, and poet; Elenora Derenkowsky born in Kiev in 1917; came to U.S. with parents in 1922; changed name to Maya Deren ca. 1943; married several times; d. 1961. From the description of Maya Deren collection, [194-]-[196-]. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70962619 ...

Markopoulos, Gregory J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq4pgs (person)

Smith, Harry, 1923-2012

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g45f4m (person)

Hill, Jerome

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rx9zhp (person)

Hill, a filmmaker, artist and philanthropist, maintained friendships and working relationships with a wide variety of artists and musicians both mainstream and experimental. His innovations in documentary film and in feature films have been influential. His papers also represent a unique vantage point into the families of railroad magnates James J. Hill and Louis W. Hill, his grandfather and father, respectively. James Jerome Hill was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Ma...