Stan VanDerBeek

Stan VanDerBeek

ActorDirectorCinematographerEditorWriter Jan 6 (died age 57) New York, New York 1957–2000 (43 year career)

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Biography

American experimental filmmaker Stan Vanderbeek began his career in the 1950’s after having studied art and architecture in New York and North Carolina. His earliest period (1955-1965) is marked by his animated painting and collage films which the artist and critic Daryl Chin regarded as having an “enormous vitality, bounding inventiveness and incendiary wit which was shared by such other collagists as Robert Breer, Bruce Conner, Dick Preston.” Films such as Science Friction (1959, 10’), Breath…

Known For

Fuses

Fuses

Director of Photography

Reality's Invisible

Reality's Invisible

Himself

Breathdeath

Breathdeath

Director

Skullduggery

Skullduggery

Director

What, Who, How

What, Who, How

Director

Astral Man

Astral Man

Director

See Saw Seams

See Saw Seams

Director

For Life, Against the War

For Life, Against the War

Director

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

Visual Velocity: The Work of Stan VanDerBeek

Visual Velocity: The Work of Stan VanDerBeek

Home Movies 1971-81

Home Movies 1971-81

Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

Reality's Invisible

Reality's Invisible

as Himself

Filmmakers

Filmmakers

as Himself

Crew (70)

Movies (70)

Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie

Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie

Director

Reeling in TV Time

Reeling in TV Time

Director

Micro Cosmos 1-4

Micro Cosmos 1-4

Director

Self-Poured Traits

Self-Poured Traits

Director

After Laughter

After Laughter

Director

Face Concert

Face Concert

Director

Mirrored Reason

Mirrored Reason

Director

Euclidean Illusions

Euclidean Illusions

Director

Color Fields Left

Color Fields Left

Director

Strobe Ode

Strobe Ode

Director

Vanishing Point Left

Vanishing Point Left

Director

The Computer Generation

The Computer Generation

Director

Symmetricks

Symmetricks

Director

Who Ho Rays No. 1

Who Ho Rays No. 1

Director

Moirage

Moirage

Director

Videospace

Director

Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall

Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall

Director

Superimposition

Superimposition

Director

Oh

Director

Ad Infinitum

Ad Infinitum

Director

Film Form No. 1

Film Form No. 1

Director

Panels for the Walls of the World

Director

Expo Faces

Expo Faces

Director

Fuses

Fuses

Director of Photography

Poem Field No. 1

Poem Field No. 1

Director

Poem Field No. 3

Poem Field No. 3

Director

Image After Image

Image After Image

Director

For Life, Against the War

For Life, Against the War

Director

Poem Field No. 7

Poem Field No. 7

Director

Poem Field Series

Poem Field Series

Director

Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version)

Director

Spherical Space No. 1

Spherical Space No. 1

Director

Man and His World

Director

Poem Field No. 2

Director

Collide: Oscope

Director

Vision III

Director

Movie-Drome

Movie-Drome

Director

The Human Face Is a Monument

The Human Face Is a Monument

Director

Facescapes

Facescapes

Director

Movie-Movies

Director

See Saw Seams

See Saw Seams

Director

The Birth of the American Flag

The Birth of the American Flag

Director

A Dam Rib Bed

A Dam Rib Bed

Director

Pastorale

Director

Phenomenon No. 1

Phenomenon No. 1

Director

Fluids

Fluids

Director

Site

Site

Director

Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

Director

Breathdeath

Breathdeath

Director

Breathdeath

Breathdeath

Editor

Summit

Director

Skullduggery

Skullduggery

Director

Snapshots of the City

Snapshots of the City

Director

Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev

Director

Black and White, Day and Night

Black and White, Day and Night

Director

The Smiling Workman

The Smiling Workman

Director

A La Mode

Director

A La Mode

Writer

Science Friction

Director

Astral Man

Astral Man

Director

Dance of the Looney Spoons

Dance of the Looney Spoons

Director

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Cinematography

Street Meat

Street Meat

Director

Wheeeeels No. 2

Wheeeeels No. 2

Director

Wheeeels No. 1

Director

What, Who, How

What, Who, How

Director

Mankinda

Mankinda

Director

Poem Field No. 4

Director

Poem Field No. 6

Director

Poem Field No. 8

Director