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Ed Emshwiller
Born in 1925, Ed Emshwiller studied graphic design at the University of Michigan and L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. By the late '60s Emshwiller was working as a science fiction illustrator, and had established his place in the American avant-garde cinema with such works as Relativity (1966) and Image, Flesh and Voice (1969). His early films featured collaborations with dancers and choreographers—a theme he carried over into his videoworks.
As both an artist and a teacher, Emshwiller’s pioneering efforts to develop an alternative technological language in video were enormously influential. His early experiments with synthesizers and computers included the electronic rendering of three-dimensional space, the interplay of illusion and reality, and manipulations of time, movement, and scale that explore the relationship between "external reality and subjective feelings." Emshwiller was among the first artists-in-residence at the TV Lab at WNET, where he produced the groundbreaking Scape-mates (1972). Sunstone (1979) was made over a period of eight months at the New York Institute of Technology. Emshwiller passed away in 1990 and an extensive collection of his work is housed by Anthology Film Archives.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 1.187 |
Birthday | 1925-02-16 |
Place of Birth | Lansing, Michigan |
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![Galaxie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2hIp8flG7JjevHJ3YmEYowhfNP3.jpg)
1966
![Galaxie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2hIp8flG7JjevHJ3YmEYowhfNP3.jpg)
Galaxie
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In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H. Au...
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1963
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Hallelujah the Hills
6.2/12
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![Family Focus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1Gj3n7SgH1gDHpR3EeVOBM2Tq19.jpg)
1976
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Family Focus
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Emshwiller terms Family Focus a "family self-portrait, a stylized autobiography," which takes the form of an intimate collage of home movies, black-an...
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![Diaries, Notes, and Sketches](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3iyvGft8nwGJFX62H5RawllN6Gp.jpg)
1968
![Diaries, Notes, and Sketches](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3iyvGft8nwGJFX62H5RawllN6Gp.jpg)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
7.318/22
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![Lost, Lost, Lost](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xsPlsjF4xxh36IGKNEdJdbV3yQ8.jpg)
1976
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Lost, Lost, Lost
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Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.
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![Painters Painting](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1iTFuI8UgzjavsFQ5ZoJtQoG2zt.jpg)
1973
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Painters Painting
6.5/4
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1985
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Home Movies 1971-81
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Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
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