Ed Emshwiller

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.

  • Title: Ed Emshwiller
  • Popularity: 0.286
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1925-02-16
  • Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan
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Ed Emshwiller Movies

  • 1985
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    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    1 1985 HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

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  • 1966
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    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    1 1966 HD

    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....

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  • 1963
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    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

    6.1 1963 HD

    Jack and Leo vie for the affections of Vera – who appears a little differently to each man – over the course of a series of energetic...

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  • 1976
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    Family Focus

    Family Focus

    1 1976 HD

    Emshwiller terms Family Focus a "family self-portrait, a stylized autobiography," which takes the form of an intimate collage of home movies,...

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  • 1976
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    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    7 1976 HD

    Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.

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  • 2013
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    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.4 2013 HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

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  • 1973
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    Painters Painting

    Painters Painting

    6.5 1973 HD

    Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 is a 1972 documentary directed by Emile de Antonio. It covers American art movements from...

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  • 1997
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    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.3 1997 HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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  • 1974
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    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1963
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    Thanatopsis

    Thanatopsis

    6.2 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1959
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    Dance Chromatic

    Dance Chromatic

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1967
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    Dont Look Back

    Dont Look Back

    7.4 1967 HD

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  • 1979
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    Sunstone

    Sunstone

    6.9 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Sunstone

    Sunstone

    6.9 1979 HD

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  • 1960
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    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    5 1960 HD

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  • 1970
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    Carol

    Carol

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1970
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    Report

    Report

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1966
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    Relativity

    Relativity

    4.7 1966 HD

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  • 1971
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    Film with Three Dancers

    Film with Three Dancers

    4.333 1971 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Existentialist

    The Existentialist

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1962
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    The American Way

    The American Way

    5.1 1962 HD

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  • 1979
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    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1970
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    Carol

    Carol

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Carol

    Carol

    5.7 1970 HD

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  • 1972
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    Scape-Mates

    Scape-Mates

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1964
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    Scrambles

    Scrambles

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1963
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    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

    6.1 1963 HD

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  • 1969
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    Image, Flesh and Voice

    Image, Flesh and Voice

    6 1969 HD

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  • 1966
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    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1959
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    Transformation

    Transformation

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1963
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    Totem

    Totem

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Totem

    Totem

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Totem

    Totem

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1974
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    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1967
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    Fusion

    Fusion

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1962
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    Time of the Heathen

    Time of the Heathen

    7 1962 HD

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  • 1984
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    Skin Matrix S

    Skin Matrix S

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1962
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    Time of the Heathen

    Time of the Heathen

    7 1962 HD

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  • 1973
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    Pilobolus and Joan

    Pilobolus and Joan

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Chrysalis

    Chrysalis

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Chrysalis

    Chrysalis

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1976
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    Family Focus

    Family Focus

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1971
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    Millhouse

    Millhouse

    6.3 1971 HD

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  • 1966
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    Art Scene USA

    Art Scene USA

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1970
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    Branches

    Branches

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1976
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    Family Focus

    Family Focus

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1973
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    Painters Painting

    Painters Painting

    6.5 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Chrysalis

    Chrysalis

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1972
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    Thermogenesis

    Thermogenesis

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1984
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    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1962
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    Time of the Heathen

    Time of the Heathen

    7 1962 HD

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  • 1987
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    Hungers

    Hungers

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1965
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    Faces of America

    Faces of America

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1976
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    Family Focus

    Family Focus

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1958
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    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1975
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    Inside Edges

    Inside Edges

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1968
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    Project Apollo

    Project Apollo

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1972
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    Computer Graphics #1

    Computer Graphics #1

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1976
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    Self-Trio

    Self-Trio

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1966
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    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1972
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    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1977
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    Sur Faces

    Sur Faces

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1976
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    New England Visions Past and Future

    New England Visions Past and Future

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1970
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    Images

    Images

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1978
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    Dubs

    Dubs

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1958
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    Monsters

    Monsters

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1973
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    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1958
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    Big Vacation

    Big Vacation

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1965
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    Film Magazine of the Arts

    Film Magazine of the Arts

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1972
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    Scape-Mates

    Scape-Mates

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1973
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    Identities

    Identities

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1963
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    Freedom March

    Freedom March

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1970
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    Report

    Report

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1969
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    Jr. Star Trek

    Jr. Star Trek

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Lathe of Heaven

    The Lathe of Heaven

    6.8 1980 HD

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