About

Known credits:
121
Birthday:
1934-01-01
Place of birth:
Denver, Colorado, USA
Website:
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Lawrence Jordan

Overview

Known principally as a maverick spirit in the world of avant-garde American cinema, Lawrence Jordan played an important role in the late 1950s and early 1960s San Francisco art scene. Jordan has made over seventy experimental films, including a number of fanciful, filmic animations made from collaged cut outs of Victorian engravings. The animations extend dreamlike imagery of collaged landscape into a cinematic realm of transformation and free form symbolism. Jordan seeks to delve into the deep structures and Jungian connotations of the mythological images his films reference. His alchemical approach to imagery creates what he has called the “theater of the mind, which you construct. That is the Underworld... the realm of the imagination. You have to have a place to work with images.”

Jordan founded the film department of the San Francisco Art institute in 1969 and taught there for over thirty years. He made his own box assemblages in Cornell ’s lyrically evocative style since the mid-1960s. Many feature ingenious mechanical and kinetic effects. He continues to make films and box collages at his home and studio in Petaluma where he has lived since 1978.

Known for

Acting
2020 Encounters in Light Actor The Filmmaker N/A
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2003 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Actor Man 48
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1988 Tapestry Actor Himself 59
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1978 Cornell, 1965 Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1955 Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding Actor N/A
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1954 The Extraordinary Child Actor 59
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1954 Desistfilm Actor 59
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1953 Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection Actor 59
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Directing
2024 Reve d'Or Directing Director N/A
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2022 Harper's Bazar Directing Director N/A
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2021 Alchemy Directing Director N/A
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2021 Belle du Jour Directing Director N/A
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2019 Oz Directing Director N/A
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2019 The Ogre's Garden Directing Director N/A
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2018 Delirium Directing Director N/A
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2017 Entr’acte III Directing Director N/A
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2017 Time Travel Directing Director N/A
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2016 Night Light Directing Director N/A
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2015 The Apoplectic Walrus Directing Director N/A
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2015 The Apoplectic Walrus Directing Director N/A
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2015 Entr'acte II Directing Director N/A
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2014 Entr'Acte Directing Director N/A
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2014 Driving Demons Directing Director N/A
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2014 Inferno Directing Director N/A
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2013 Solar Sight III Directing Director N/A
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2013 After the Circus Directing Director N/A
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2012 Solar Sight II Directing Director N/A
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2011 Solar Sight Directing Director 59
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2010 Beyond Enchantment Directing Director 59
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2010 Cosmic Alchemy Directing Director 59
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2009 Circus Savage Directing Director 59
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2008 The Miracle of Don Cristobal Directing Director N/A
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2008 Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass Directing Director N/A
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2007 Silent Sonatas Directing Director N/A
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2005 Poet's Dream Directing Director N/A
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2004 Enid's Idyll Directing Director 59
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2004 Chateau/Poyet Directing Director N/A
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1996 Postcard from San Miguel Directing Director N/A
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1993 The Grove Directing Director N/A
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1993 Star of Day Directing Director 59
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1992 The Black Oud Directing Director N/A
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1991 The Visible Compendium Directing Director N/A
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1988 Tapestry Directing Director 59
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1986 Sophie's Place Directing Director 58
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1983 Winter Light Directing Director 59
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1983 Adagio Directing Director N/A
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1982 In a Summer Garden Directing Director 59
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1981 Masquerade Directing Director 59
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1980 Finds of the Fortnight Directing Director N/A
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1980 Carabosse Directing Director 59
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1979 Moonlight Sonata Directing Director 59
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1978 Cornell, 1965 Directing Director N/A
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1978 Visions of a City Directing Director 59
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1978 Ancestors Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Directing Director 58
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1976 The Apparition Directing Director N/A
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1973 Orb Directing Director N/A
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1973 Once Upon a Time Directing Director 58
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1972 The Sacred Art of Tibet Directing Director N/A
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1972 Three by Cornell Directing Director N/A
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1970 Hildur and the Magician Directing Director N/A
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1969 Our Lady of the Sphere Directing Director 58
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1967 The Old House, Passing Directing Director 59
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1967 For Life, Against the War Directing Director 59
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1966 Rodia-Estudiantina Directing Director N/A
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1966 Big Sur: The Ladies Directing Director 59
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1965 Hamfat Asar Directing Director 59
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1965 The Dream Merchant Directing Director N/A
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1965 Gymnopédies Directing Director 59
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1964 Ein Traum der Liebenden Directing Director N/A
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1964 Duo Concertantes Directing Director 59
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1964 Johnnie Directing Director N/A
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1964 Jewel Face Directing Director N/A
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1962 Pink Swine! Directing Director 59
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1961 The 40 and 1 Nights Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Season's Change Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Soccer Game Directing Director N/A
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1960 Hymn in Praise of the Sun Directing Director N/A
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1960 Portrait of Sharon Directing Director N/A
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1959 Minerva Looks Out into the Zodiac Directing Director N/A
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1958 Triptych in Four Parts Directing Director N/A
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1957 Spectre Mystagogic Directing Director N/A
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1957 A Legend for Fountains Directing Co-Director 59
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1956 Water Light Directing Director 59
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1956 Three Directing Director 59
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1956 Trumpit Directing Director 59
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1956 The One Romantic Venture of Edward Directing Director N/A
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1955 Undertow Directing Director N/A
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1954 Man Is in Pain Directing Director 59
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Untitled Early Film Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2013 Solar Sight III Writing Writer N/A
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1977 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Writing Writer 58
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1977 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Writing Adaptation 58
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1970 Hildur and the Magician Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1977 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Production Producer 58
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1972 The Sacred Art of Tibet Production Producer N/A
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1970 Hildur and the Magician Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2014 Entr'Acte Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1978 Cornell, 1965 Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2013 After the Circus Crew Cinematography N/A
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1993 Star of Day Crew Cinematography 59
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1993 The Grove Crew Cinematography N/A
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1992 The Black Oud Crew Cinematography N/A
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1972 The Sacred Art of Tibet Crew Cinematography N/A
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1970 Hildur and the Magician Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2021 Belle du Jour Editing Editor N/A
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2014 Entr'Acte Editing Editor N/A
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2013 Solar Sight III Editing Editor N/A
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2013 After the Circus Editing Editor N/A
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2008 The Miracle of Don Cristobal Editing Editor N/A
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1993 The Grove Editing Editor N/A
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1993 Star of Day Editing Editor 59
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1992 The Black Oud Editing Editor N/A
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1978 Cornell, 1965 Editing Editor N/A
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1977 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Editing Editor 58
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1972 The Sacred Art of Tibet Editing Editor N/A
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1970 Hildur and the Magician Editing Editor N/A
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Visual Effects
2022 Harper's Bazar Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1978 Ancestors Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1977 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Visual Effects Animation 58
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1973 Once Upon a Time Visual Effects Animation 58
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