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Raphael Montañez Ortíz

Raphael Montañez Ortíz

ActorDirectorEditor Jan 30 (age 92) Brooklyn, New York, USA 1957–2018 (61 year career)
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Biography

Raphael Montañez Ortíz (b. 1934, New York) is a multidisciplinary artist perhaps best known for his radical performances of the 1960s as part of the Destructivist movement which he helped to articulate. Not many know that he is also a pioneer of found footage cinema who deserves greater recognition within the American filmic avant-garde. Starting in 1957, he produced a number of singular works by subjecting 16mm prints of commercially- or institutionally-produced films to a cut-up method inspire…

Known For

Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
Film

Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

8.0 2018
Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama
Film

Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama

5.0 2014
Couch Destruction: Angel Release
Film

Couch Destruction: Angel Release

2017
Busy Bodies
Film

Busy Bodies

Director
The Conversation
Film

The Conversation

Editor
Ring Ring Rag Time
Film

Ring Ring Rag Time

Director
Dance Number 22
Film

Dance Number 22

Director
Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
Film

Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

Director

Filmography

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