Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood

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Michael Blackwood Productions is an independent production company that has produced over 150 documentaries on the arts and its contributors, with a focus on architecture and architects, art and artists, dance and choreographers, and music and composers. The collection features over 1,000 participants or subjects, and spans over six decades of documentation, beginning in the 1960s and including earlier material, through the second decade of the 21st Century. The films serve as primary documents for educational and archival purposes, as well as informative and special interest pieces for the general public. A growing number of educational institutions, libraries, museums and various media outlets are acquiring the films around the world. The company is dedicated to preserving the underlying material, and digitizing its analogue portfolio. The collection itself is one of the largest and most significant of its kind.

Known for

The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

2012

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

1990

Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

2005

Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades

Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades

2005

Louis Kahn: Silence and Light

Louis Kahn: Silence and Light

1996

Working with Einstein

Working with Einstein

1979

Hütet eure Töchter!

Hütet eure Töchter!

1964

Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

1994

Empire City

Empire City

1985

Monk

Monk

1968

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George Segal

George Segal

2016

Director

Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

2014

Director

The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

2014

Director

The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

2014

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The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

2012

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David Chipperfield: Form Matters

David Chipperfield: Form Matters

2012

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Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

2012

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Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice

Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice

2012

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Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

2012

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The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

2012

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The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

2012

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Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

2011

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New York Dance States of Performance

New York Dance States of Performance

2010

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Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering

2010

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Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden

Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden

2009

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Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

2009

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Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect

Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect

2009

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Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

2009

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Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways

2009

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Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

2008

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Jeff Wall: Retrospective

Jeff Wall: Retrospective

2007

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The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes

The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes

2007

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Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture

Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture

2007

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Vija Celmins: 4 Decades

Vija Celmins: 4 Decades

2007

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Hans Haacke: 4 Decades

Hans Haacke: 4 Decades

2007

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Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

2006

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Brice Marden: 4 Decades

Brice Marden: 4 Decades

2006

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Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades

Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades

2006

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Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

2005

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Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades

Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades

2005

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Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades

Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades

2005

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Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements

Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements

2005

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The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

2004

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What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

2004

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A Day with Zaha Hadid

A Day with Zaha Hadid

2004

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Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

2003

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Conversations with Philip Guston

Conversations with Philip Guston

2003

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Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist

Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist

2003

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The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

2001

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Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades

Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades

2001

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Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art

Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art

2001

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Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy

Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy

2000

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Steven Holl: The Body in Space

Steven Holl: The Body in Space

1999

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Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

1999

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Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse

Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse

1999

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Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible

Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible

1997

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Louis Kahn: Silence and Light

Louis Kahn: Silence and Light

1996

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New York Composers: Searching for a New Music

New York Composers: Searching for a New Music

1996

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo

1995

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Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America

Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America

1995

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Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

1995

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Robert Morris: Retrospective

Robert Morris: Retrospective

1994

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Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

1994

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Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

1993

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The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

1993

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John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds

John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds

1992

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After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

1992

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Art in an Age of Mass Culture

Art in an Age of Mass Culture

1991

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Deconstructivist Architects

Deconstructivist Architects

1990

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Arata Isozaki II: International Projects

Arata Isozaki II: International Projects

1990

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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

1990

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Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

1989

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Frank Gehry: The Formative Years

Frank Gehry: The Formative Years

1988

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Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando

1988

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4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

1988

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Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

1987

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A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

1986

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Richard Meier

Richard Meier

1986

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Mies

Mies

1986

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Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

1985

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Empire City

Empire City

1985

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Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music

Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music

1985

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A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's

A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's

1984

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Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture

Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture

1984

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Motherwell/Alberti

Motherwell/Alberti

1984

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Philip Guston: A Life Lived

Philip Guston: A Life Lived

1982

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We Were German Jews

We Were German Jews

1981

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14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

1981

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Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius

Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius

1981

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Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

1980

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Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy

Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy

1980

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Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979

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Working with Einstein

Working with Einstein

1979

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Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

1978

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Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

1978

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Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

1978

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Artpark People

Artpark People

1976

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Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years

Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years

1975

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Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

1975

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Christo: Works in Progress

Christo: Works in Progress

1974

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The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet

The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet

1973

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Jasper Johns: Decoy

Jasper Johns: Decoy

1973

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Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi

1972

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Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971

Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971

1972

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The New York School

The New York School

1972

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Larry Rivers

Larry Rivers

1972

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American Art in the 1960s

American Art in the 1960s

1972

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New Yorkers

1971

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David Hockney's Diaries

David Hockney's Diaries

1970

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Jim Dine: London

Jim Dine: London

1970

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Scenes Seen with Allen Jones

Scenes Seen with Allen Jones

1970

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Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

1969

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Christo: Wrapped Coast

Christo: Wrapped Coast

1969

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Monk in Europe

Monk in Europe

1968

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Monk

Monk

1968

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Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

1967

Director

Hütet eure Töchter!

Hütet eure Töchter!

1964

Director

Broadway Express

Broadway Express

1961

Director

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George Segal

George Segal

2016

Producer

Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

2014

Producer

The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

2014

Producer

The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

2014

Producer

The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

2012

Producer

Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice

Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice

2012

Producer

Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

2012

Producer

Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

2012

Producer

The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

2012

Producer

The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

2012

Producer

Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

2009

Producer

Jeff Wall: Retrospective

Jeff Wall: Retrospective

2007

Producer

Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

2005

Producer

The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

2004

Producer

A Day with Zaha Hadid

A Day with Zaha Hadid

2004

Producer

Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

2003

Producer

Conversations with Philip Guston

Conversations with Philip Guston

2003

Producer

Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades

Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades

2001

Producer

Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

1999

Producer

Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

1994

Producer

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

1992

Producer

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

1990

Producer

Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

1989

Producer

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando

1988

Producer

4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

1988

Producer

Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

1987

Producer

A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

1986

Producer

Mies

Mies

1986

Producer

Empire City

Empire City

1985

Producer

Philip Guston: A Life Lived

Philip Guston: A Life Lived

1982

Producer

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

1980

Producer

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979

Producer

Working with Einstein

Working with Einstein

1979

Producer

Jasper Johns: Decoy

Jasper Johns: Decoy

1973

Producer

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

1972

Producer

Larry Rivers

Larry Rivers

1972

Producer

Monk

Monk

1968

Producer

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

1967

Producer

Broadway Express

Broadway Express

1961

Producer

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Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964

Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964

1977

Director of Photography

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

1964

Camera Operator

Broadway Express

Broadway Express

1961

Director of Photography

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Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979

Writer