Nathaniel Dorsky
Biography
Raised in New York on a steady diet of Westerns and Disney True-Life Adventures, Nathaniel Dorsky started shooting 8mm movies at the age of eleven. In 1963, when he had just turned 20, he made Ingreen, a boldly symbolic psychodrama about a young man’s sexual coming of age. At that film’s premiere, he met soon-to-be fellow filmmaker Jerome Hiler, who would become his partner in life and a major inspiration for his work. (“We were filming for one another,” Hiler recently said.) In 1971 the two mov…
Known For
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Director of Photography
Black Sheep Boy
Associate Editor
Variations
Director
Hours for Jerome
Carriage Trade
himself
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
Self
What Happened to Kerouac?
Co-Producer
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
Cinematography
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Filmography
Acting (10)
Movies (10)
Nathaniel Dorsky: An Interview
2014as Self
New Shores
2012
Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky
2011as Himself
Rembrandt Laughing
1989as Daniel
Hours for Jerome
1982
Divided Loyalties
1978as Himself
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
1977as Self
Carriage Trade
1972as himself
Library
1970
Letter to D.H. in Paris
1967as Himself
Crew (102)
Movies (102)
Dreams Reveal a Weightless World
2024Director
Dreams Reveal a Weightless World
2024Director of Photography
Dreams Reveal a Weightless World
2024Editor
Place d'or
2023Director
Pavane
2023Director
Caracole (for Izcali)
2023Director
Caracole (for Izcali)
2023Director of Photography
Caracole (for Izcali)
2023Editor
O Death
2023Director
O Death
2023Director of Photography
O Death
2023Editor
Caracole (for Mac)
2022Director
Naos
2022Director
Interval
2022Director
Dialogues
2022Director
Ember Days
2021Cinematography
Ember Days
2021Director
Ember Days
2021Editor
Terce
2021Director
William
2020Director
Emanations
2020Director
Lamentations
2020Director
Temple Sleep
2020Director
Caracole (for Cecilia)
2019Director
Canticles
2019Director
Apricity
2019Director
Interlude
2019Director
September
2018Director
Monody
2018Director
Calyx
2018Director
Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)
2018Director
Arboretum Cycle
2018Director
Epilogue
2018Director
Elohim
2017Director
Abaton
2017Director
Ode
2017Director
Coda
2017Director
Death of a Poet
2016Director
The Dreamer
2016Director
Lux Perpetua II
2016Director
Lux Perpetua I
2016Director
Other Archer
2016Director
Ossuary
2016Director
Autumn
2015Director
Intimations
2015Director
Prelude
2015Director
December
2014Director
Avraham
2014Director
February
2014Director
Fortune
2014Editorial Production Assistant
Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park
2013Director
Summer
2013Director
Spring
2013Director
Song
2013Director
August and After
2012Director
August and After
2012Director of Photography
August and After
2012Editor
August and After
2012Producer
April
2012Director
The Return
2011Director
Aubade
2010Director
Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story
2010Editor
Pastourelle
2010Director
Compline
2009Director
Sarabande
2008Director
Winter
2008Director
Song and Solitude
2006Director
Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 2)
2006Director
Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 1)
2006Director
Threnody
2004Director
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
2004Editor
The Visitation
2002Director
Love's Refrain
2001Director
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
2000Cinematography
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
2000Editor
Arbor Vitae
2000Director
Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
1999Editor
Variations
1998Director
Triste
1996Director
Triste
1996Writer
Black Sheep Boy
1995Associate Editor
Renga
1989Director
Alaya
1987Director
17 Reasons Why
1987Director
What Happened to Kerouac?
1986Co-Producer
What Happened to Kerouac?
1986Editor
Ariel
1983Director
Pneuma
1983Director
Hours for Jerome
1982Director
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976Director of Photography
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976Producer
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976Screenplay
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976Story
Look Park
1974Editor
Library
1970Director
Fool’s Spring (Two Personal Gifts)
1967Director
Abstraction
1967Director of Photography
Abstraction
1967Editor
Summerwind
1966Director
A Fall Trip Home
1965Director
Ingreen
1964Director
Catch A Tiger
1963Director
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