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Lawrence Jordan

Lawrence Jordan

DirectorVisual EffectsEditorActorCinematographer Jan 1 (age 92) Denver, Colorado, USA 1953–2024 (71 year career)
5.6 avg rating

Biography

Known principally as a maverick spirit in the world of avant-garde American cinema, Lawrence Jordan played an important role in the late 1950s and early 1960s San Francisco art scene. Jordan has made over seventy experimental films, including a number of fanciful, filmic animations made from collaged cut outs of Victorian engravings. The animations extend dreamlike imagery of collaged landscape into a cinematic realm of transformation and free form symbolism. Jordan seeks to delve into the deep …

Known For

Desistfilm
Film

Desistfilm

5.5 1954
Gymnopédies
Film

Gymnopédies

Director
Our Lady of the Sphere
Film

Our Lady of the Sphere

Director
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection
Film

Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection

6.5 1953
Solar Sight
Film

Solar Sight

Director
Circus Savage
Film

Circus Savage

Director
Duo Concertantes
Film

Duo Concertantes

Director
The Extraordinary Child
Film

The Extraordinary Child

5.4 1954

Filmography

Crew (115)

Movies (115)

Reve d'Or

Reve d'Or

2024

Director

Hommage

Hommage

2024

Director

Harper's Bazar

Harper's Bazar

2022

Animation

Harper's Bazar

Harper's Bazar

2022

Director

Alchemy

Alchemy

2021

Director

Belle du Jour

Belle du Jour

2021

Director

Belle du Jour

Belle du Jour

2021

Editor

The Ogre's Garden

The Ogre's Garden

2019

Director

Oz

Oz

2019

Director

Delirium

Delirium

2018

Director

Time Travel

Time Travel

2017

Director

Entr’acte III

Entr’acte III

2017

Director

Night Light

Night Light

2016

Director

The Apoplectic Walrus

The Apoplectic Walrus

2015

Director

Entr'acte II

Entr'acte II

2015

Director

The Apoplectic Walrus

The Apoplectic Walrus

2015

Director

Entr'Acte

Entr'Acte

2014

Director

Entr'Acte

Entr'Acte

2014

Director of Photography

Entr'Acte

Entr'Acte

2014

Editor

Driving Demons

Driving Demons

2014

Director

Inferno

Inferno

2014

Director

After the Circus

After the Circus

2013

Cinematography

After the Circus

After the Circus

2013

Director

After the Circus

After the Circus

2013

Editor

Solar Sight III

Solar Sight III

2013

Director

Solar Sight III

Solar Sight III

2013

Editor

Solar Sight III

Solar Sight III

2013

Writer

Solar Sight II

Solar Sight II

2012

Director

Solar Sight

Solar Sight

2011

Director

8.8
Beyond Enchantment

Beyond Enchantment

2010

Director

5.0
Cosmic Alchemy

Cosmic Alchemy

2010

Director

5.7
Circus Savage

Circus Savage

2009

Director

8.8
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

2008

Director

The Miracle of Don Cristobal

The Miracle of Don Cristobal

2008

Director

The Miracle of Don Cristobal

The Miracle of Don Cristobal

2008

Editor

Silent Sonatas

Silent Sonatas

2007

Director

Poet's Dream

Poet's Dream

2005

Director

Enid's Idyll

Enid's Idyll

2004

Director

6.3
Chateau/Poyet

Chateau/Poyet

2004

Director

Postcard from San Miguel

Postcard from San Miguel

1996

Director

The Grove

The Grove

1993

Cinematography

The Grove

The Grove

1993

Director

The Grove

The Grove

1993

Editor

Star of Day

Star of Day

1993

Cinematography

4.0
Star of Day

Star of Day

1993

Director

4.0
Star of Day

Star of Day

1993

Editor

4.0
The Black Oud

The Black Oud

1992

Cinematography

The Black Oud

The Black Oud

1992

Director

The Black Oud

The Black Oud

1992

Editor

The Visible Compendium

The Visible Compendium

1991

Director

1.0
Tapestry

Tapestry

1988

Director

2.0
Sophie's Place

Sophie's Place

1986

Director

4.4
Adagio

Adagio

1983

Director

Winter Light

Winter Light

1983

Director

10.0
In a Summer Garden

In a Summer Garden

1982

Director

10.0
Masquerade

Masquerade

1981

Director

8.0
Finds of the Fortnight

Finds of the Fortnight

1980

Director

Carabosse

Carabosse

1980

Director

5.0
Moonlight Sonata

Moonlight Sonata

1979

Director

4.0
Visions of a City

Visions of a City

1978

Director

8.0
Cornell, 1965

Cornell, 1965

1978

Director

Cornell, 1965

Cornell, 1965

1978

Director of Photography

Cornell, 1965

Cornell, 1965

1978

Editor

Ancestors

Ancestors

1978

Animation

Ancestors

Ancestors

1978

Director

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977

Adaptation

6.0
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977

Animation

6.0
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977

Director

6.0
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977

Editor

6.0
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977

Producer

6.0
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977

Writer

6.0
The Apparition

The Apparition

1976

Director

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1973

Animation

6.5
Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1973

Director

6.5
Orb

Orb

1973

Director

Three by Cornell

Three by Cornell

1972

Director

The Sacred Art of Tibet

The Sacred Art of Tibet

1972

Cinematography

The Sacred Art of Tibet

The Sacred Art of Tibet

1972

Director

The Sacred Art of Tibet

The Sacred Art of Tibet

1972

Editor

The Sacred Art of Tibet

The Sacred Art of Tibet

1972

Producer

Hildur and the Magician

Hildur and the Magician

1970

Cinematography

Hildur and the Magician

Hildur and the Magician

1970

Director

Hildur and the Magician

Hildur and the Magician

1970

Editor

Hildur and the Magician

Hildur and the Magician

1970

Producer

Hildur and the Magician

Hildur and the Magician

1970

Writer

Our Lady of the Sphere

Our Lady of the Sphere

1969

Director

4.9
The Old House, Passing

The Old House, Passing

1967

Director

5.0
For Life, Against the War

For Life, Against the War

1967

Director

6.0
Rodia-Estudiantina

Rodia-Estudiantina

1966

Director

Big Sur: The Ladies

Big Sur: The Ladies

1966

Director

6.0
Gymnopédies

Gymnopédies

1965

Director

5.8
A Legend for Fountains

A Legend for Fountains

1965

Co-Director

6.0
Hamfat Asar

Hamfat Asar

1965

Director

5.6
The Dream Merchant

The Dream Merchant

1965

Director

Ein Traum der Liebenden

Ein Traum der Liebenden

1964

Director

Duo Concertantes

Duo Concertantes

1964

Director

5.2
Jewel Face

Jewel Face

1964

Director

Johnnie

Johnnie

1964

Director

Pink Swine!

Pink Swine!

1963

Director

1.0
The forty and one nights

The forty and one nights

1961

Director

The Season's Change

The Season's Change

1960

Director

Hymn in Praise of the Sun

Hymn in Praise of the Sun

1960

Director

Portrait of Sharon

Portrait of Sharon

1960

Director

The Soccer Game

The Soccer Game

1960

Director

Minerva Looks Out into the Zodiac

Minerva Looks Out into the Zodiac

1959

Director

Triptych in Four Parts

Triptych in Four Parts

1958

Director

Spectre Mystagogic

Spectre Mystagogic

1957

Director

6.0
The One Romantic Venture of Edward

The One Romantic Venture of Edward

1956

Director

6.0
Trumpit

Trumpit

1956

Director

4.0
Three

Three

1956

Director

10.0
Water Light

Water Light

1956

Director

4.0
Undertow

Undertow

1955

Director

Man Is in Pain

Man Is in Pain

1954

Director

5.0
Untitled Early Film

Untitled Early Film

Director

The Egg

The Egg

Director