- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRobert Sanders
- Stan Brakhage was born on January 14, 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 March 9, 2003 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- SpousesMarilyn Jull(March 30, 1989 - March 9, 2003) (his death, 2 children)Jane Wodening(December 28, 1957 - 1987) (divorced, 5 children)
- Children
- Handheld camerawork
- Fast cutting, in-camera editing, and collage films
- Scratching, painting, or placing insects or grass directly onto the celluloid. (He always hand-carved his signature into the celluloid of his films).
- 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.
- His students included Matt and Trey Parker, creators of South Park, and he appeared in their student film Cannibal! The Musical.
- American avant garde experimental film maker, concerned more with technique than subject matter. He filmed many short subjects on 8mm or 16mm film. He often used blurred or out-of-focus shots, superimposed or distorted images, intentionally designed to emphasize subjectivity of vision.
- Made nearly 380 films, each lasting between 9 seconds and 4 hours.
- Was distinguished professor of film studies at the University of Colorado.
- The capacity to be intrinsic and vulgar is American.
- Art is a sense of magic.
- Flourescents turn everyone into German Expressionism.
- There are a lot of movies made for nobody.
- We have the notion that we exist but we have no way to prove it. 'I am' is the closest foundation we can get.
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