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Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

Directing
14 Jan 1933
09 Mar 2003
Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Biography

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. Brakhage films seek to change the way we see. They encourage viewers to eschew traditional narrative structure in favor of pure visual perception that is not reliant on naming what ...

Also Known As

James Stanley Brakhage, 스탠 브래키지, スタン・ブラッケージ, 斯坦·布拉哈格, Стэн Брэкидж

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