About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1941-02-09
Place of birth:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Website:

Ben Van Meter

Overview

Ben Van Meter began making films and light shows in the mid-1960s in San Francisco and soon became a leading figure in Bay Area-underground filmmaking. His films, especially S.F. Trips Festival, An Opening (1966) and the epic Acid Mantra or Rebirth of a Nation (1968), are compelling attempts to visually and sonically inscribe psychedelia, as experience and philosophy, in the medium of film. Van Meter’s films were unavailable for many years, but their ongoing restoration by the Academy Film Archive and their inclusion in the de Young Museum’s 2017 exhibition, The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, has gained them a new audience.

Known for

Acting

1968 Apropos of San Francisco Actor N/A
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1967 He's Here Now Actor N/A
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1967 Me & Bruce & Art Actor Himself (voice) N/A
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Directing

1974 The Saga of Macrame Park Directing Director N/A
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1974 Set Your Chickens Free! Directing Director N/A
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1971 Homegrown Directing Director N/A
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1971 Krishna's March to the Sea Directing Director N/A
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1970 Interrogation Directing Director N/A
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1970 Boc Ging Directing Director N/A
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1969 Naked Zodiac Directing Director 58
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1969 Vivid Color 3D Nude Models Directing Director N/A
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1968 Steve Miller Blues Band Directing Director N/A
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1968 Garden of Proserpine Directing Director N/A
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1968 Acid Mantra Directing Director N/A
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1967 Make Love Not War Directing Director N/A
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1967 For Life, Against the War Directing Director 59
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1967 BE Directing Director N/A
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1967 Me & Bruce & Art Directing Director N/A
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1966 S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening Directing Director N/A
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1966 Acid Camp Directing Director N/A
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1965 Up Tight, L.A. Is Burning... Shit! Directing Director N/A
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1965 Some Don't Directing Director N/A
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1965 Bolex Peyote Bardo Directing Director N/A
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1965 Colorfilm Directing Director N/A
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1964 The Poon-Tang Trilogy Directing Director N/A
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Nico Directing Director N/A
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Camera

2019 Magick Lantern Cycle Camera Camera Operator 59
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1969 Invocation of My Demon Brother Camera Camera Operator 58
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Crew

1979 Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts Crew Cinematography 58
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