Robert Beavers
Biography
Robert Beavers (born 1949) is an American experimental filmmaker whose work stands among the most significant in postwar avant-garde cinema. He is best known for My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure, an 18-film cycle spanning decades of work, much of it later re-edited. Beavers developed a distinctive visual language using hand-cut mattes, filters, and precise sound–image structures, often focusing on craft and manual labor as metaphors for filmmaking itself. Born i…
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Filmography
Acting (16)
Movies (16)
A Visit With Robert
2024
Cape Cod
2018as himself
Listening to the Space in My Room
2013as Himself
Zuoz
2008as Ice skater
Mother's Day
2006
Early Monthly Segments
2003
The Hedge Theater
2002as Himself
Sotiros
2000
Birth of a Nation
1997as Self
Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J.Markopoulos
1987as Self - director
From the Notebook of...
1972as Himself
Still Light
1971
Plan of Brussels
1968
Jabbok
1967as Jabbok
Eros, O Basileus
1967as Eros
Winged Dialogue
1967Crew (52)
Movies (52)
Dedication: Bernice Hodges
2024Director
The Sparrow Dream
2022Director
“Der Klang, die Welt…”
2018Director
Among the Eucalyptuses
2017Director
Shared Table
2016Cinematography
Shared Table
2016Director
Shared Table
2016Editor
First Weeks
2014Director
Listening to the Space in My Room
2013Cinematography
Listening to the Space in My Room
2013Director
Listening to the Space in My Room
2013Editor
The Suppliant
2010Cinematography
The Suppliant
2010Director
The Suppliant
2010Editor
Pitcher of Colored Light
2007Director
Early Monthly Segments
2003Cinematography
Early Monthly Segments
2003Director
Early Monthly Segments
2003Editor
The Hedge Theater
2002Cinematography
The Hedge Theater
2002Director
The Hedge Theater
2002Editor
The Ground
2001Cinematography
The Ground
2001Director
The Ground
2001Editor
Sotiros
2000Director
The Stoas
1997Director
Wingseed
1985Director
Efpsychi
1983Director
Amor
1980Cinematography
Amor
1980Director
Amor
1980Editor
Sotiros in the Elements
1978Director
Sotiros (Alone)
1978Director
Sotiros Responds
1977Director
Ruskin
1974Director
Work Done
1973Director
From the Notebook of...
1972Cinematography
From the Notebook of...
1972Director
From the Notebook of...
1972Editor
From the Notebook of...
1972Sound
The Painting
1972Cinematography
The Painting
1972Director
The Painting
1972Editor
Still Light
1971Director
Palinode
1970Director
Diminished Frame
1970Director
The Count of Days
1969Director
View
1969Director
Plan of Brussels
1968Director
On the Everyday Use of the Eyes of Death
1967Director
Winged Dialogue
1967Director
Spiracle
1967Director
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