About

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25
Birthday:
1934-12-29
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Ronald Chase

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2001 Ever Since the World Ended Actor Teacher 58
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1964 Fragments Actor N/A
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Directing
2006 Jezebel Directing Director N/A
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1981 Fantasia on the Childhood of Busoni Directing Director 58
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1978 Lulu Directing Director N/A
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1978 Bruges-La-Morte Directing Director 58
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1972 Parade Directing Director 59
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1972 Beatrice Cenci Directing Director N/A
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1971 Cathedral Directing Director 59
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1971 A Village Romeo Directing Director N/A
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1969 Clown Directing Director N/A
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1969 Chameleon Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Covenant Directing Director 58
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1964 Fragments Directing Director N/A
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Sally Simpson Directing Director N/A
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Book of Hours Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1978 Bruges-La-Morte Writing Writer 58
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1969 Chameleon Writing Writer N/A
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1969 Clown Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Fragments Writing Writer N/A
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Camera
1978 Lulu Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1969 Chameleon Camera Camera Operator N/A
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Crew
1978 Bruges-La-Morte Crew Cinematography 58
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Editing
1978 Bruges-La-Morte Editing Editor 58
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1973 Celebration of Life: Trees Editing Editor N/A
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