Ed Emshwiller
Directing
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
Directing44
movieHungers
1987
Director
movieSkin Matrix S
1984
Director
movieSkin Matrix
1984
Director
movieSunstone
1979
Director
movieEclipse
1979
Director
movieDubs
1978
Director
movieSur Faces
1977
Director
movieSelf-Trio
1976
Director
movieFamily Focus
1976
Director
movieCrossings and Meetings
1974
Director
movieChrysalis
1973
Director
moviePilobolus and Joan
1973
Director
Identities
1973
Director
movieScape-Mates
1972
Director
movieThermogenesis
1972
Director
movieFilm with Three Dancers
1971
Director
movieBranches
1970
Director
movieCarol
1970
Director
Images
1970
Director
movieImage, Flesh and Voice
1969
Director
movieProject Apollo
1968
Director
movieFusion
1967
Director
movieRelativity
1966
Director
movieArt Scene USA
1966
Director
movieGeorge Dumpson's Place
1965
Director
movieScrambles
1964
Director
movieTotem
1963
Director
movieThanatopsis
1963
Director
movieLifelines
1960
Director
movieDance Chromatic
1959
Director
movieTransformation
1959
Director
Monsters
1958
Director
Crew13
movieThe Lathe of Heaven
1980
Special Effects
movieFamily Focus
1976
Cinematography
movieChrysalis
1973
Cinematography
moviePainters Painting
1973
Cinematography
movieMillhouse
1971
Cinematography
movieCarol
1970
Cinematography
movieReport
1970
Cinematography
Jr. Star Trek
1969
Cinematography
movieFilm Magazine of the Arts
1965
Cinematography
movieHallelujah the Hills
1963
Cinematography
The Existentialist
1963
Cinematography
movieThe Streets of Greenwood
1962
Cinematography
movieTime of the Heathen
1962
Cinematography
Acting10
movieFamily Focus
1976
Himself
movieGalaxie
1966
Self
Camera5
movieSuite 212
1974
Camera Operator
movieBob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
Camera Operator
movieOysters Are in Season
1966
Director of Photography
movieTotem
1963
Director of Photography
movieThe American Way
1962
Camera Operator
Editing4
Sound2
movieChrysalis
1973
Sound
movieReport
1970
Sound Recordist
Writing2
movieSunstone
1979
Writer
movieScape-Mates
1972
Writer
Art1
movieTime of the Heathen
1962
Art Direction