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Stan Brakhage(1933-2003)

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
  • Editor
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Stan Brakhage
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Stan Brakhage was born on 14 January 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Loom (1986), The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000) and Dog Star Man (1964). He was married to Marilyn Jull and Jane Wodening. He died on 9 March 2003 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
BornJanuary 14, 1933
DiedMarch 9, 2003(70)
BornJanuary 14, 1933
DiedMarch 9, 2003(70)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

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Known for

The Loom
6.4
  • Director
  • 1986
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000)
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him
7.5
  • Director
  • 2000
Dog Star Man (1964)
Dog Star Man
6.2
  • Director
  • 1964
Visions in Meditation (1990)
Visions in Meditation
7.4
  • Director
  • 1990

Credits

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Director

  • Stan Brakhage Pgm 1
    • Director
    • Short
  • By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One (2003)
    By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One
    7.1
    Video
    • Director
    • 2003
  • I Take These Truths (1994)
    Chinese Series
    5.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Work in Progress
    6.9
    Short
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Desistfilm (1954)
    The Garden of Earthly Delights
    6.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Stan's Window
    7.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Ascension
    7.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Lovesong 3
    7.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Max
    7.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Resurrectus Est
    7.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Micro-Garden
    7.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Seasons... (2002)
    Seasons...
    7.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Lovesong 4
    7.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • SB (One Minute for Vienna)
    6.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Panels for the Walls of Heaven
    7.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Dark Night of the Soul
    7.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 2002

Cinematographer

  • Work in Progress
    6.9
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2003
  • Stan's Window
    7.1
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2003
  • Persian Series (2001)
    Persian Series
    6.9
    Video
    • Cinematographer
    • 2001
  • Dance
    5.9
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2000
  • Persian Series #9 (2000)
    Persian Series #9
    7.0
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2000
  • The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000)
    The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him
    7.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 2000
  • Water for Maya (2000)
    Water for Maya
    6.1
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2000
  • Comingled Containers (1997)
    Comingled Containers
    6.5
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1997
  • Desistfilm (1954)
    For Marilyn
    6.4
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1992
  • A Child's Garden and the Serious Sea
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1991
  • Passage Through: A Ritual (1990)
    Passage Through: A Ritual
    7.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1990
  • I Take These Truths (1994)
    Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence
    5.5
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1990
  • Faustfilm: An Opera: Part I
    5.6
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1987
  • Tortured Dust (1984)
    Tortured Dust
    7.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1984
  • Arabic Numeral Series 10
    7.7
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1981

Editor

  • I Take These Truths (1994)
    Chinese Series
    5.0
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2003
  • Resurrectus Est
    7.5
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2002
  • SB (One Minute for Vienna)
    6.1
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2002
  • Persian Series (2001)
    Persian Series
    6.9
    Video
    • Editor
    • 2001
  • Persian Series #12 (2000)
    Persian Series #12
    6.8
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2000
  • Persian Series #9 (2000)
    Persian Series #9
    7.0
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2000
  • The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000)
    The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him
    7.5
    • Editor
    • 2000
  • Water for Maya (2000)
    Water for Maya
    6.1
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2000
  • Desistfilm (1954)
    For Marilyn
    6.4
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1992
  • Passage Through: A Ritual (1990)
    Passage Through: A Ritual
    7.7
    • Editor
    • 1990
  • Visions in Meditation (1990)
    Visions in Meditation
    7.4
    • Editor
    • 1990
  • I Take These Truths (1994)
    Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence
    5.5
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1990
  • I Take These Truths (1994)
    Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde
    5.8
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1989
  • Tortured Dust (1984)
    Tortured Dust
    7.7
    • Editor
    • 1984
  • Arabic Numeral Series 10
    7.7
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1981

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Cannibal! The Musical
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Cannibal! The Musical

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • J. Stan Brakhage
  • Born
    • January 14, 1933
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • March 9, 2003
    • Victoria, British Columbia, Canada(cancer)
  • Spouses
      Marilyn JullMarch 30, 1989 - March 9, 2003 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Bearthm Brakhage
  • Other works
    Author of "Essential Brakhage." Ed. Bruce R. McPherson. New York: McPherson & Company, 2001.
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Biographical Movies
    • 10 Print Biographies
    • 6 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Though his films were rarely seen outside the experimental film community, there is one bit of film that Brakhage is supposed to have made that practically everyone in America has seen -- the original shot of a Downy fabric softener bottle falling in slow motion into a plump pile of towels.
  • Quotes
    The capacity to be intrinsic and vulgar is American.
  • Trademarks
      Handheld camerawork

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