About

Known credits:
59
Birthday:
1949-01-01
Place of birth:
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
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Robert Beavers

Overview

Robert Beavers is an American experimental filmmaker best known for My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure, an epic cycle comprising 18 of his films (many later re-edited) made since 1967.

Beavers’s use of shaped mattes to obscure aspects of the image and gelatine filters that produce varieties of coloured light are hallmarks of some of his films, many of which observe hand- and craftwork (including his own filmmaking). Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Beavers attended Deerfield Academy before meeting the filmmaker Gregory J. Markopoulos in 1966. They moved to Europe in 1967 and removed their films from distribution; Beavers did not show his films in the United States again until 1996. Beavers made films in Greece, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. His early Plan of Brussels and Winged Dialogue (1967-68/2000) are multilayered psychic explorations; From the Notebook of…(1971/1998) is set in Florence and inspired by Leonardo’s notebooks. Ruskin (1975/1997) is shot at the various sites of the titular artist/critic’s work in London, the Alps and Venice. Beavers’s only film to use intertitles, the dialogic Sotiros (1976-78/1996) marks the end of his use of filters and mattes. Wingseed(1985), The Hedge Theater (1986-90/2002), The Stoas (1991-97), and The Ground (1993-2001) dwell in pastoral environments in Italy and Greece. Beavers has produced three films outside the Hand Outstretched cycle: Pitcher of Colored Light (2007), The Suppliant (2012) (both shot in the U.S.) and Listening to the Space in My Room (2013). He lives with the German filmmaker Ute Aurand in Berlin and in Massachusetts.

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Acting
2018 Cape Cod Actor himself N/A
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2013 Listening to the Space in My Room Actor Himself 59
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2008 Zuoz Actor Ice skater N/A
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2003 Early Monthly Segments Actor N/A
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2002 The Hedge Theater Actor Himself 59
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1997 Birth of a Nation Actor Self 58
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1972 From the Notebook of... Actor Himself 59
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1968 Plan of Brussels Actor N/A
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1967 Winged Dialogue Actor N/A
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1967 Eros, O Basileus Actor Eros 58
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1967 Jabbok Actor Jabbok N/A
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Directing
2024 Dedication: Bernice Hodges Directing Director N/A
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2022 The Sparrow Dream Directing Director N/A
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2018 “Der Klang, die Welt…” Directing Director N/A
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2017 Among the Eucalyptuses Directing Director N/A
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2016 Shared Table Directing Director N/A
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2014 First Weeks Directing Director N/A
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2013 Listening to the Space in My Room Directing Director 59
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2010 The Suppliant Directing Director N/A
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2007 Pitcher of Colored Light Directing Director 59
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2003 Early Monthly Segments Directing Director N/A
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2002 The Hedge Theater Directing Director 59
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2001 The Ground Directing Director 59
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2000 Sotiros Directing Director N/A
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1997 The Stoas Directing Director N/A
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1985 Wingseed Directing Director N/A
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1983 Efpsychi Directing Director N/A
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1980 Amor Directing Director 58
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1978 Sotiros (Alone) Directing Director N/A
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1978 Sotiros in the Elements Directing Director N/A
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1977 Sotiros Responds Directing Director N/A
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1974 Ruskin Directing Director 59
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1973 Work Done Directing Director N/A
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1972 From the Notebook of... Directing Director 59
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1972 The Painting Directing Director N/A
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1971 Still Light Directing Director N/A
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1970 Diminished Frame Directing Director N/A
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1970 Palinode Directing Director N/A
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1969 The Count of Days Directing Director N/A
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1969 View Directing Director N/A
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1968 Plan of Brussels Directing Director N/A
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1967 Winged Dialogue Directing Director N/A
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1967 On the Everyday Use of the Eyes of Death Directing Director N/A
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1967 Spiracle Directing Director N/A
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Sound
1972 From the Notebook of... Sound Sound 59
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Crew
2016 Shared Table Crew Cinematography N/A
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2013 Listening to the Space in My Room Crew Cinematography 59
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2010 The Suppliant Crew Cinematography N/A
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2003 Early Monthly Segments Crew Cinematography N/A
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2002 The Hedge Theater Crew Cinematography 59
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2001 The Ground Crew Cinematography 59
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1972 From the Notebook of... Crew Cinematography 59
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Editing
2016 Shared Table Editing Editor N/A
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2013 Listening to the Space in My Room Editing Editor 59
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2010 The Suppliant Editing Editor N/A
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2003 Early Monthly Segments Editing Editor N/A
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2002 The Hedge Theater Editing Editor 59
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2001 The Ground Editing Editor 59
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1972 From the Notebook of... Editing Editor 59
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