FILM DIRECTOR

Stan Brakhage

1933 - 2003

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James Stanley Brakhage ( BRAK-ij; January 14, 1933 – March 9, 2003) was an American experimental filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film. Over the course of five decades, Brakhage created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, collage film and the use of multiple exposures. Interested in mythology and inspired by music, poetry and visual phenomena, Brakhage sought to reveal the universal, in particular exploring themes of birth, mortality, sexuality, and innocence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stan Brakhage is the 1,273rd most popular film director (down from 1,214th in 2019), the 9,086th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,001st in 2019) and the 336th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stan Brakhage ranks 1,273 out of 2,041. Before him are Luis Alcoriza, Ali Hatami, James Algar, Peter R. Hunt, Jaume Balagueró, and Andrew Adamson. After him are Tommy Lee Wallace, José Luis Cuerda, Cai Chusheng, Gregory Ratoff, Feng Xiaogang, and Max Hardcore.

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Among people born in 1933, Stan Brakhage ranks 432. Before him are Françoise Héritier, Anita Gradin, Alexander Mitta, Chita Rivera, Habib Thiam, and Leonid Bartenyev. After him are Jiří Lanský, Miklós Ambrus, Frank Murkowski, Tim Conway, George J. Mitchell, and Masae Kasai. Among people deceased in 2003, Stan Brakhage ranks 294. Before him are Franklin Farrell, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Valentin Gavrilov, Elliott Smith, Conrad Hall, and Jesse Carver. After him are Daphne Oram, Koloman Sokol, Curt Hennig, Warren Zevon, Arne Månsson, and Willem Slijkhuis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stan Brakhage ranks 9,088 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Rosenbaum (1972), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), Charlie Byrd (1925), Samuel P. Bush (1863), Isabel Sanford (1917), and Vince Boryla (1927). After him are James Stockdale (1923), Jenna Ortega (2002), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Florence Ballard (1943), Bill Camp (1961), and Hilarie Burton (1982).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stan Brakhage ranks 336. Before him are Jack Sholder (1945), James Gray (1969), Andrew Stanton (1965), William C. deMille (1878), David Twohy (1955), and James Algar (1912). After him are Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Max Hardcore (1956), Peter Berg (1962), Alfred E. Green (1889), Leon Shamroy (1901), and Rob Bowman (1960).

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