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Leighton Pierce (b. 1954)

Birthplace:
Rochester, NY, USA

Born:
October 27, 1954

Biography from TheMovieDB

Leighton Pierce, born John Leighton Pierce, is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Video at CalArts since the summer of 2014. He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a hypnotic effect as well as his use of sound design. The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water". Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience".

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Director:
1980  He Likes to Chop Down Trees
1981  He Said Without Moving
1982  Not Much Time
1983  And Sometimes the Boats Are Low
1984  The Miracle of Change
1984  These Are the Directions I Give to a Stranger
1986  Red Swing
1987  On the Road Going Through
1988  What's Left is Wind
1989  You Can Drive the Big Rigs
1991  Principles of Harmonic Motion
1991  Thursday
1992  Deer Isle #5: The Crossing
1992  Red Shovel
1993  Blue Hat
1994  Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)
1995  50 Feet of String
1996  Puppy-Go-Round
1997  Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27
1998  Glass
2000  Folded Time, Take 17
2000  Wood
2001  The Back Steps
2001  Veiled Red
2002  37th & Lex.
2002  Evaporation
2002  Fall (3 parts)
2002  Water Seeking its Level
2003  A Private Happiness
2003  Pink Socks
2004  Viscera
2005  Hammock
2006  My Person in the Water
2007  Number One
2008  Stone Moss
2010  I Know, I Know
2010  Retrograde Premonition
2010  Sharp Edge Blunt
2010  Sitting
2012  Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2014  White Ash
2016  Candle Loopedy Loop
2018  DECK
2022  Everything's gonna be OK
2023  South Los Angeles Street
2024  Wasp Radial

Producer:
1980  He Likes to Chop Down Trees
1981  He Said Without Moving
1982  Not Much Time
1983  And Sometimes the Boats Are Low
1984  The Miracle of Change
1984  These Are the Directions I Give to a Stranger
1986  Red Swing
1987  On the Road Going Through
1988  What's Left is Wind
1989  You Can Drive the Big Rigs
1991  Principles of Harmonic Motion
1991  Thursday
1992  Deer Isle #5: The Crossing
1992  Red Shovel
1993  Blue Hat
1994  Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)
1995  50 Feet of String
1996  Puppy-Go-Round
1997  Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27
1998  Glass
2000  Folded Time, Take 17
2000  Wood
2001  The Back Steps
2001  Veiled Red
2002  37th & Lex.
2002  Evaporation
2002  Fall (3 parts)
2002  Water Seeking its Level
2003  A Private Happiness
2003  Pink Socks
2004  Viscera
2005  Hammock
2006  My Person in the Water
2007  Number One
2008  Stone Moss
2010  I Know, I Know
2010  Retrograde Premonition
2010  Sharp Edge Blunt
2010  Sitting
2012  Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2014  White Ash
2016  Candle Loopedy Loop
2018  DECK
2022  Everything's gonna be OK
2023  South Los Angeles Street
2024  Wasp Radial

Writer:
1980  He Likes to Chop Down Trees
1981  He Said Without Moving
1982  Not Much Time
1983  And Sometimes the Boats Are Low
1984  The Miracle of Change
1984  These Are the Directions I Give to a Stranger
1986  Red Swing
1987  On the Road Going Through
1988  What's Left is Wind
1989  You Can Drive the Big Rigs
1991  Principles of Harmonic Motion
1991  Thursday
1992  Deer Isle #5: The Crossing
1992  Red Shovel
1993  Blue Hat
1994  Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)
1995  50 Feet of String
1996  Puppy-Go-Round
1997  Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27
1998  Glass
2000  Folded Time, Take 17
2000  Wood
2001  The Back Steps
2001  Veiled Red
2002  37th & Lex.
2002  Evaporation
2002  Fall (3 parts)
2002  Water Seeking its Level
2003  A Private Happiness
2003  Pink Socks
2004  Viscera
2005  Hammock
2006  My Person in the Water
2007  Number One
2008  Stone Moss
2010  I Know, I Know
2010  Retrograde Premonition
2010  Sharp Edge Blunt
2010  Sitting
2012  Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2014  White Ash
2016  Candle Loopedy Loop
2018  DECK
2022  Everything's gonna be OK
2023  South Los Angeles Street
2024  Wasp Radial

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