A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Lansing, Michigan
Born:
February 16, 1925
Died:
July 27, 1990
Born in 1925, Ed Emshwiller studied graphic design at the University of Michigan and L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. By the late '60s Emshwiller was working as a science fiction illustrator, and had established his place in the American avant-garde cinema with such works as Relativity (1966) and Image, Flesh and Voice (1969). His early films featured collaborations with dancers and choreographers—a theme he carried over into his videoworks. As both an artist and a teacher, Emshwiller’s pioneering efforts to develop an alternative technological language in video were enormously influential. His early experiments with synthesizers and computers included the electronic rendering of three-dimensional space, the interplay of illusion and reality, and manipulations of time, movement, and scale that explore the relationship between "external reality and subjective feelings." Emshwiller was among the first artists-in-residence at the TV Lab at WNET, where he produced the groundbreaking Scape-mates (1972). Sunstone (1979) was made over a period of eight months at the New York Institute of Technology. Emshwiller passed away in 1990 and an extensive collection of his work is housed by Anthology Film Archives.
Art Direction:
1962 Time of the Heathen
Camera Operator:
1962 The American Way
1962 Time of the Heathen
1967 Dont Look Back
1974 Suite 212
Cinematography:
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 The Existentialist
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1967 Dont Look Back
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Carol
1970 Report
1971 Millhouse
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Painters Painting
1974 Suite 212
1976 Family Focus
Director:
1956 The Thing from Back Issues
1958 Big Vacation
1958 Monsters
1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1959 Dance Chromatic
1959 Transformation
1960 Lifelines
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Freedom March
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 Thanatopsis
1963 The Existentialist
1963 Totem
1964 Scrambles
1965 Faces of America
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 George Dumpson's Place
1966 Art Scene USA
1966 In Three Zones
1966 Relativity
1967 Dont Look Back
1967 Fusion
1968 Project Apollo
1969 Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Branches
1970 Carol
1970 Images
1970 Report
1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 Film with Three Dancers
1971 Millhouse
1972 Computer Graphics #1
1972 Scape-Mates
1972 Thermogenesis
1972 Woe Oh Ho No
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Identities
1973 Painters Painting
1973 Pilobolus and Joan
1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1974 Crossings and Meetings
1974 Suite 212
1975 Inside Edges
1976 Family Focus
1976 New England Visions Past and Future
1976 Self-Trio
1977 Sur Faces
1978 Dubs
1979 Eclipse
1979 Sunstone
1984 Skin Matrix
1984 Skin Matrix S
1987 Hungers
Director of Photography:
1956 The Thing from Back Issues
1958 Big Vacation
1958 Monsters
1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1959 Dance Chromatic
1959 Transformation
1960 Lifelines
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Freedom March
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 Thanatopsis
1963 The Existentialist
1963 Totem
1964 Scrambles
1965 Faces of America
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 George Dumpson's Place
1966 Art Scene USA
1966 In Three Zones
1966 Oysters Are in Season
1966 Relativity
1967 Dont Look Back
1967 Fusion
1968 Project Apollo
1969 Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Branches
1970 Carol
1970 Images
1970 Report
1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 Film with Three Dancers
1971 Millhouse
1972 Computer Graphics #1
1972 Scape-Mates
1972 Thermogenesis
1972 Woe Oh Ho No
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Identities
1973 Painters Painting
1973 Pilobolus and Joan
1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1974 Crossings and Meetings
1974 Suite 212
1975 Inside Edges
1976 Family Focus
1976 New England Visions Past and Future
1976 Self-Trio
1977 Sur Faces
1978 Dubs
1979 Eclipse
1979 Sunstone
1984 Skin Matrix
1984 Skin Matrix S
1987 Hungers
Editor:
1956 The Thing from Back Issues
1958 Big Vacation
1958 Monsters
1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1959 Dance Chromatic
1959 Transformation
1960 Lifelines
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Freedom March
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 Thanatopsis
1963 The Existentialist
1963 Totem
1964 Scrambles
1965 Faces of America
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 George Dumpson's Place
1966 Art Scene USA
1966 In Three Zones
1966 Oysters Are in Season
1966 Relativity
1967 Dont Look Back
1967 Fusion
1968 Project Apollo
1969 Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Branches
1970 Carol
1970 Images
1970 Report
1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 Film with Three Dancers
1971 Millhouse
1972 Computer Graphics #1
1972 Scape-Mates
1972 Thermogenesis
1972 Woe Oh Ho No
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Identities
1973 Painters Painting
1973 Pilobolus and Joan
1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1974 Crossings and Meetings
1974 Suite 212
1975 Inside Edges
1976 Family Focus
1976 New England Visions Past and Future
1976 Self-Trio
1977 Sur Faces
1978 Dubs
1979 Eclipse
1979 Sunstone
1984 Skin Matrix
1984 Skin Matrix S
1987 Hungers
Sound:
1956 The Thing from Back Issues
1958 Big Vacation
1958 Monsters
1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1959 Dance Chromatic
1959 Transformation
1960 Lifelines
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Freedom March
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 Thanatopsis
1963 The Existentialist
1963 Totem
1964 Scrambles
1965 Faces of America
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 George Dumpson's Place
1966 Art Scene USA
1966 In Three Zones
1966 Oysters Are in Season
1966 Relativity
1967 Dont Look Back
1967 Fusion
1968 Project Apollo
1969 Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Branches
1970 Carol
1970 Images
1970 Report
1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 Film with Three Dancers
1971 Millhouse
1972 Computer Graphics #1
1972 Scape-Mates
1972 Thermogenesis
1972 Woe Oh Ho No
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Identities
1973 Painters Painting
1973 Pilobolus and Joan
1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1974 Crossings and Meetings
1974 Suite 212
1975 Inside Edges
1976 Family Focus
1976 New England Visions Past and Future
1976 Self-Trio
1977 Sur Faces
1978 Dubs
1979 Eclipse
1979 Sunstone
1984 Skin Matrix
1984 Skin Matrix S
1987 Hungers
Sound Recordist:
1956 The Thing from Back Issues
1958 Big Vacation
1958 Monsters
1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1959 Dance Chromatic
1959 Transformation
1960 Lifelines
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Freedom March
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 Thanatopsis
1963 The Existentialist
1963 Totem
1964 Scrambles
1965 Faces of America
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 George Dumpson's Place
1966 Art Scene USA
1966 In Three Zones
1966 Oysters Are in Season
1966 Relativity
1967 Dont Look Back
1967 Fusion
1968 Project Apollo
1969 Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Branches
1970 Carol
1970 Images
1970 Report
1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 Film with Three Dancers
1971 Millhouse
1972 Computer Graphics #1
1972 Scape-Mates
1972 Thermogenesis
1972 Woe Oh Ho No
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Identities
1973 Painters Painting
1973 Pilobolus and Joan
1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1974 Crossings and Meetings
1974 Suite 212
1975 Inside Edges
1976 Family Focus
1976 New England Visions Past and Future
1976 Self-Trio
1977 Sur Faces
1978 Dubs
1979 Eclipse
1979 Sunstone
1984 Skin Matrix
1984 Skin Matrix S
1987 Hungers
Special Effects:
1956 The Thing from Back Issues
1958 Big Vacation
1958 Monsters
1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1959 Dance Chromatic
1959 Transformation
1960 Lifelines
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Freedom March
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 Thanatopsis
1963 The Existentialist
1963 Totem
1964 Scrambles
1965 Faces of America
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 George Dumpson's Place
1966 Art Scene USA
1966 In Three Zones
1966 Oysters Are in Season
1966 Relativity
1967 Dont Look Back
1967 Fusion
1968 Project Apollo
1969 Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Branches
1970 Carol
1970 Images
1970 Report
1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 Film with Three Dancers
1971 Millhouse
1972 Computer Graphics #1
1972 Scape-Mates
1972 Thermogenesis
1972 Woe Oh Ho No
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Identities
1973 Painters Painting
1973 Pilobolus and Joan
1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1974 Crossings and Meetings
1974 Suite 212
1975 Inside Edges
1976 Family Focus
1976 New England Visions Past and Future
1976 Self-Trio
1977 Sur Faces
1978 Dubs
1979 Eclipse
1979 Sunstone
1980 The Lathe of Heaven
1984 Skin Matrix
1984 Skin Matrix S
1987 Hungers
Writer:
1956 The Thing from Back Issues
1958 Big Vacation
1958 Monsters
1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
1959 Dance Chromatic
1959 Transformation
1960 Lifelines
1962 The American Way
1962 The Streets of Greenwood
1962 Time of the Heathen
1963 Freedom March
1963 Hallelujah the Hills
1963 Thanatopsis
1963 The Existentialist
1963 Totem
1964 Scrambles
1965 Faces of America
1965 Film Magazine of the Arts
1965 George Dumpson's Place
1966 Art Scene USA
1966 In Three Zones
1966 Oysters Are in Season
1966 Relativity
1967 Dont Look Back
1967 Fusion
1968 Project Apollo
1969 Image, Flesh and Voice
1969 Jr. Star Trek
1970 Branches
1970 Carol
1970 Images
1970 Report
1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance
1971 Film with Three Dancers
1971 Millhouse
1972 Computer Graphics #1
1972 Scape-Mates
1972 Thermogenesis
1972 Woe Oh Ho No
1973 Chrysalis
1973 Identities
1973 Painters Painting
1973 Pilobolus and Joan
1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces
1974 Crossings and Meetings
1974 Suite 212
1975 Inside Edges
1976 Family Focus
1976 New England Visions Past and Future
1976 Self-Trio
1977 Sur Faces
1978 Dubs
1979 Eclipse
1979 Sunstone
1980 The Lathe of Heaven
1984 Skin Matrix
1984 Skin Matrix S
1987 Hungers
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