Ed Emshwiller

Ed
Emshwiller

Edmund Alexander "Ed" Emshwiller (1925 – 1990) was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. Active in the New American Cinema movement ...

Films

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    Relativity
    Experimental

    Relativity
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 38 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Philosophical
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Dance Chromatic
    Experimental

    Dance Chromatic
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 7 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
    • Dance
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    Transformation
    Experimental

    Transformation
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Music
    • Arts / Artists
    • Structural
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    Lifelines
    Animation
    Experimental

    Lifelines
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 7 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Body
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    Thanatopsis
    Experimental

    Thanatopsis
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, black and white, sound, 5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Totem
    Experimental

    Totem
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 16 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Dance
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    Scrambles

    Scrambles
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, black and white, sound, 15 min
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    George Dumpson's Place
    Experimental

    George Dumpson's Place
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 8 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    Image, Flesh & Voice
    Experimental

    Image, Flesh & Voice
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, black and white, sound, 77 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Dance
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    Branches
    Experimental

    Branches
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, black and white, sound, 102 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Erotic
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    Carol
    Experimental

    Carol
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 6 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Environment / Nature
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    Film With Three Dancers
    Experimental

    Film With Three Dancers
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 20 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Dance
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    Choice Chance Woman Dance
    Experimental

    Choice Chance Woman Dance
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 44 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Thermogenesis
    Animation
    Experimental

    Thermogenesis
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
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    Scape-Mates
    Experimental

    Scape-Mates
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 28 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Hand-Processed
    • Dance
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    Chrysalis
    Experimental

    Chrysalis
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 21.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Dance
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    Sunstone
    Animation
    Experimental

    Sunstone
    Ed Emshwiller

    16mm, color, sound, 3 min
    Rental format: 16mm

Biography

Edmund Alexander "Ed" Emshwiller (1925 – 1990) was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. Active in the New American Cinema movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, he created multimedia performance pieces and did cine-dance and experimental films, such as the 38-minute Relativity (1966). He also was a cinematographer on documentaries, such as Emile de Antonio's Painters Painting (1972), and feature films, such as Time of the Heathen (1964) and Adolfas Mekas' Hallelujah the Hills (1963).