About

Known credits:
79
Birthday:
1925-02-16
Place of birth:
Lansing, Michigan
Website:
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Ed Emshwiller

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1997 Birth of a Nation Actor 58
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1985 Home Movies 1971-81 Actor N/A
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1976 Lost, Lost, Lost Actor Self 59
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1976 Family Focus Actor Himself N/A
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1973 Painters Painting Actor 59
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1968 Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Actor Self 59
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1966 Galaxie Actor Himself N/A
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1963 Hallelujah the Hills Actor Gideon 59
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Directing
1987 Hungers Directing Director N/A
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1984 Skin Matrix S Directing Director N/A
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1984 Skin Matrix Directing Director N/A
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1979 Sunstone Directing Director 59
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1979 Eclipse Directing Director N/A
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1978 Dubs Directing Director N/A
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1977 Sur Faces Directing Director N/A
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1976 Self-Trio Directing Director N/A
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1976 New England Visions Past and Future Directing Director N/A
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1976 Family Focus Directing Director N/A
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1975 Inside Edges Directing Director N/A
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1974 Crossings and Meetings Directing Director N/A
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1973 Chrysalis Directing Director N/A
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1973 Positive Negative Electronic Faces Directing Director N/A
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1973 Identities Directing Director N/A
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1973 Pilobolus and Joan Directing Director N/A
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1972 Woe Oh Ho No Directing Director N/A
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1972 Scape-Mates Directing Director N/A
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1972 Computer Graphics #1 Directing Director N/A
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1972 Thermogenesis Directing Director N/A
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1971 Film with Three Dancers Directing Director 59
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1971 Choice Chance Woman Dance Directing Director N/A
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1970 Branches Directing Director N/A
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1970 Carol Directing Director 59
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1970 Images Directing Director N/A
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1969 Image, Flesh and Voice Directing Director N/A
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1968 Project Apollo Directing Director N/A
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1967 Fusion Directing Director N/A
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1966 Relativity Directing Director 58
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1966 In Three Zones Directing Director N/A
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1966 Art Scene USA Directing Director N/A
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1965 George Dumpson's Place Directing Director 59
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1965 Faces of America Directing Director N/A
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1964 Scrambles Directing Director N/A
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1963 Totem Directing Director N/A
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1963 Freedom March Directing Director N/A
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1963 Thanatopsis Directing Director 59
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1960 Lifelines Directing Director 59
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1959 Transformation Directing Director N/A
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1959 Dance Chromatic Directing Director N/A
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1958 Big Vacation Directing Director N/A
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1958 Monsters Directing Director N/A
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1958 Paintings by Ed Emshwiller Directing Director N/A
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1956 The Thing from Back Issues Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1979 Sunstone Writing Writer 59
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1972 Scape-Mates Writing Writer N/A
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Sound
1973 Chrysalis Sound Sound N/A
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1970 Report Sound Sound Recordist N/A
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Art
1962 Time of the Heathen Art Art Direction 59
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Camera
1974 Suite 212 Camera Camera Operator N/A
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1967 Dont Look Back Camera Camera Operator 62
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1966 Oysters Are in Season Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1963 Totem Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1962 The American Way Camera Camera Operator 59
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Crew
1980 The Lathe of Heaven Crew Special Effects 59
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1976 Family Focus Crew Cinematography N/A
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1973 Chrysalis Crew Cinematography N/A
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1973 Painters Painting Crew Cinematography 59
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1971 Millhouse Crew Cinematography 59
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1970 Carol Crew Cinematography 59
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1970 Report Crew Cinematography N/A
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1969 Jr. Star Trek Crew Cinematography N/A
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1965 Film Magazine of the Arts Crew Cinematography N/A
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1963 Hallelujah the Hills Crew Cinematography 59
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1963 The Existentialist Crew Cinematography 59
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1962 The Streets of Greenwood Crew Cinematography N/A
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1962 Time of the Heathen Crew Cinematography 59
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Editing
1976 Family Focus Editing Editor N/A
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1970 Carol Editing Editor 59
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1963 Totem Editing Editor N/A
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1962 Time of the Heathen Editing Editor 59
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