Abigail Child

Abigail Child

DirectorCinematographerEditorCrewProducer Newark, New Jersey, USA 1970–2020 (50 year career)

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Biography

Abigail Child has been at the forefront of experimental writing and media since the 1980s, having completed more than thirty film and video works and installations, and six books. An acknowledged pioneer in montage, Child’s early film work addressed the interplay be- tween sound and image in the context of resh aping narrative tropes, in a manner that prefigured many contemporary and future media concerns. Her major projects include Is This What You Were Born For?: a 9 year, 7-part work; B/Side:…

Known For

Mayhem

Mayhem

Director

Prefaces

Prefaces

Director

Mercy

Mercy

Director

Origin of the Species

Origin of the Species

Director

BLUE EDIT

BLUE EDIT

Director

Perils

Perils

Director

Mutiny

Mutiny

Director

On the Downlow

On the Downlow

Director

Filmography

Acting (1)

Movies (1)

Cinexpérimentaux 14 : Rencontre avec Abigail Child

Crew (49)

Movies (49)

Origin of the Species

Origin of the Species

Director

BLUE EDIT

BLUE EDIT

Director

Acts and Intermissions

Acts and Intermissions

Camera Operator

Acts and Intermissions

Acts and Intermissions

Director

Acts and Intermissions

Acts and Intermissions

Editor

Salomé

Salomé

Director

Elsa merdelamerdelamer

Elsa merdelamerdelamer

Director

Unbound

Director

Vis à Vis

Vis à Vis

Director

A Shape of Error

A Shape of Error

Cinematography

A Shape of Error

A Shape of Error

Director

A Shape of Error

A Shape of Error

Producer

Surf + Turf

Surf + Turf

Director

Riding the Tiger: Letters from Capitalist China

Riding the Tiger: Letters from Capitalist China

Director

Riding the Tiger: Letters from Capitalist China

Riding the Tiger: Letters from Capitalist China

Writer

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

Cinematography

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

Director

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

Editor

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

(If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures

Writer

Fucking Different New York

Fucking Different New York

Director

On the Downlow

On the Downlow

Director

Mirror World

Mirror World

Director

To and No Fro

To and No Fro

Director

Cake + Steak

Cake + Steak

Director

The Future is Behind You

The Future is Behind You

Director

Dark Dark

Dark Dark

Director

Surface Noise

Surface Noise

Director

Below the New: A Russian Chronicle

Below the New: A Russian Chronicle

Director

B/Side

B/Side

Director

8 Million

8 Million

Director

Swamp

Swamp

Director

Mercy

Mercy

Director

Both

Both

Director

Mayhem

Mayhem

Director

Perils

Perils

Director

Covert Action

Covert Action

Director

Mutiny

Mutiny

Director

Prefaces

Prefaces

Director

Prefaces

Prefaces

Editor

Prefaces

Prefaces

Producer

Ornamentals

Ornamentals

Director

Pacific Far East Line

Pacific Far East Line

Director

Daylight Test Section

Daylight Test Section

Director

Peripeteia II

Peripeteia II

Director

Some Exterior Presence

Some Exterior Presence

Director

Peripeteia I

Peripeteia I

Director

Game

Game

Director

Except for the People

Director

Precipice

Director