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Ronald Chase (b. 1934)

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Born:
December 29, 1934

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Ronald Chase (born December 29, 1934) is an American artist, photographer, educator, independent film maker and opera designer.  In 1963, Chase began making short experimental films with Fragments, written by Mary Lee Settle and filmed in the Hudson Valley. In 1964, he began experimenting with using film projections in theatre and dance performances. These experiments produced the films The Covenant, Chameleon and Clown, as well as Parade, a short documentary of the first Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade in San Francisco.  Chase produced and directed two features in the 1970s. Bruges-La-Morte premiered at the 1978 Rotterdam Film Festival and was awarded the Critics Prize at the International Film Festival Ghent in 1980. LULU, adapted from the play by Frank Wedekind, screened at a number of festivals and was chosen as one of the three best films of 1978 by Pariscope, but could not be released because of a copyright conflict with the estate of Alban Berg.  In 1993, Chase created the San Francisco Art & Film Program for Teenagers, a non-profit devoted to making the arts accessible to young people. SF Art & Film has been cited as one of the most comprehensive art education programs in the United States.

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Film Production

Camera Operator:
1969  Chameleon

Cinematography:
1969  Chameleon
1978  Bruges-La-Morte

Director:
1964  Fragments
1965  The Covenant
1969  Chameleon
1969  Clown
1971  A Village Romeo
1971  Cathedral
1972  Beatrice Cenci
1972  Parade
1978  Bruges-La-Morte
1978  Lulu
1981  Fantasia on the Childhood of Busoni
2006  Jezebel
????  Book of Hours
????  Sally Simpson

Director of Photography:
1964  Fragments
1965  The Covenant
1969  Chameleon
1969  Clown
1971  A Village Romeo
1971  Cathedral
1972  Beatrice Cenci
1972  Parade
1978  Bruges-La-Morte
1978  Lulu
1981  Fantasia on the Childhood of Busoni
2006  Jezebel
????  Book of Hours
????  Sally Simpson

Editor:
1964  Fragments
1965  The Covenant
1969  Chameleon
1969  Clown
1971  A Village Romeo
1971  Cathedral
1972  Beatrice Cenci
1972  Parade
1973  Celebration of Life: Trees
1978  Bruges-La-Morte
1978  Lulu
1981  Fantasia on the Childhood of Busoni
2006  Jezebel
????  Book of Hours
????  Sally Simpson

Writer:
1964  Fragments
1965  The Covenant
1969  Chameleon
1969  Clown
1971  A Village Romeo
1971  Cathedral
1972  Beatrice Cenci
1972  Parade
1973  Celebration of Life: Trees
1978  Bruges-La-Morte
1978  Lulu
1981  Fantasia on the Childhood of Busoni
2006  Jezebel
????  Book of Hours
????  Sally Simpson

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