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Directing

Stan Brakhage

Career: Active from 1952 to 2012, busiest in 1996 with 28 main titles.

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Dog Star Man
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Stan Brakhage Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
0.9, average 5.4
Family Dynamics
1.8, average 4.8
Crime
1.2, average 3.6
Adrenaline
2.4, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Avant-Garde 41
Experimental Film 34
Non-Narrative 27
Visual Poetry 25
Art Film 18
Silent Film 15
Experimental Cinema 13
Abstract Visuals 11
Experimental Animation 11
8mm Film 10
Abstract 9
Psychological Exploration 9

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

388

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Persian Series 1-5

Director

2020s

1 title

Derealization

Visual Effects

2010s

3 titles

20 Little Films

Director

Drawings by Billy and His Friends

In Memory Of

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two

Writer, Director

2000s

41 titles · average score 58

Chinese Series

51

Director

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One

Director, Writer

Director

Seasons...

Director

Max

Director

Lovesong

57

Director

Garden Path

Director

Lovesong 2

Director

Persian Series #17

Director

Water for Maya

56

Director

Persian Series #6

Director

The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him

Director

1990s

105 titles · average score 57

Persian Series #3

56

Director

"..." Reel 5

55

Director

The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm

52

Director

Comingled Containers

65

Director

Prelude 8

Director

The Mammals of Victoria

55

Director

Naughts

Director

Study in Color and Black and White

48

Director

Stellar

64

Director

For Marilyn

62

Director

Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence

54

Director

Glaze of Cathexis

55

Director

1980s

66 titles · average score 56

Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde

57

Director

Faust IV

Director

Visions in Meditation #1

53

Director

Rage Net

56

Director

I... Dreaming

57

Director

Kindering

53

Director

The Dante Quartet

65

Director

Night Music

57

Director

Egyptian Series

Director

The Garden of Earthly Delights

62

Director

Arabic Numeral Series 12

50

Director

Murder Psalm

62

Director

1970s

84 titles · average score 56

Thot-Fal'N

Editor, Cinematography

Burial Path

53

Director

The Domain of the Moment

59

Director

The Stars Are Beautiful

53

as Narrator (voice)

The Text of Light

60

Director, Director of Photography

Sincerity I

Director

Sexual Meditation: Open Field

Director

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

72

Director, Director of Photography

The Wold-Shadow

54

Director

The Riddle of Lumen

57

Director

Sexual Meditation: Faun's Room, Yale

Director

The Machine of Eden

57

Director

1960s

65 titles · average score 60

Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One

52

Director

Eye Myth

65

Director

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

58

Editor, Cinematography

Dog Star Man

84

Director of Photography, Director

Two: Creeley/McClure

51

Director

Dog Star Man: Part III

61

Director

Dog Star Man: Part II

63

Director

Dog Star Man: Part IV

61

Director

Mothlight

59

Director

Dog Star Man: Part I

60

Director

Prelude: Dog Star Man

62

Director

Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

54

Cinematography, Editor

1950s

22 titles · average score 57

Window Water Baby Moving

75

Director, Editor

Wedlock House: An Intercourse

58

Director

Cat's Cradle

59

Director

Sirius Remembered

44

Director

Anticipation of the Night

64

Director

Flesh of Morning

Director

The Wonder Ring

60

Cinematography, Editor

Centuries of June

45

Director

Desistfilm

56

Editor, Cinematography

The Extraordinary Child

Writer, Director

The Way to Shadow Garden

58

Editor, Writer

Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection

Writer, Editor