Ed Emshwiller Movies

In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated...

Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

A comedy short which pokes merry anarchistic fun at such quintessential American institutions as mom, baseball, and apple pie. It features an early...

Experimental computer animation from pioneering artist Ed Emshwiller.

Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 is a 1972 documentary directed by Emile de Antonio. It covers American art movements from...

Power saws and a heartbeat score this experimental light-and-color shot by Ed Emshwiller.

Jack and Leo vie for the affections of Vera – who appears a little differently to each man – over the course of a series of energetic...

A lone man walking across the video screen is the starting point for this dynamic formal exercise. This image and its accompanying sound are...

A combination of animated line drawings with live photography of a nude model. A play on the title (living lines, life model, procreation and hand...

The ten-year-old filmmaker (and star) pays homage to the Star Trek series.

Emshwiller made this film on a Ford Foundation grant, and in his original proposal to the Ford Foundation, he outlined the film as "something that...

A film made by Ed Emshwiller and Wantagh, New York high school students.

Ed Emshwiller’s tender portrait of his wife, avant-garde science fiction writer Carol Emshwiller.

In this spin-off from his original plan for Relativity (1966), Emshwiller continued with his desire to penetrate “space in a kind of flying...

In New York four years after the bombing of Hiroshima, a bible-carrying drifter who witnesses the rape and murder of a black woman is framed and...

A delightful short film shot in reverse in which the main protagonist enjoys a day on the town.

Emile de Antonio's film decimates Richard Nixon and exposes him as a paranoid, power mad lunatic... de Antonio compiles (via video and film) what...

In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

Really gorgeous visuals from Emshwiller made for Roger Reynolds's Voicescapes performance, containing elements from his previous Sunstone.