Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

Filmography

As Cast

Brakhage on Brakhage (2025)
as Self
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages (2022)
Brakhage by Mothlight (2016)
as Self (voice)
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011)
as Himself
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman (2011)
For Stan (2009)
as Himself
Dinner with Brakhage and Gamow (2008)
Brakhage Crosses Central Park (2006)
as Self
A Visit to Stan Brakhage (2006)
Notes on Marie Menken (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability (2004)
as Voice
A Visit to Stan Brakhage (2003)
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Encomium (2003)
as Self
Keeping an Eye on Stan (2003)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002)
as Himself
Vakvagany (2002)
as Himself
Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day (2002)
as Himself
Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting (2002)
Garden Path (2001)
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
as Self
Looking at Forest of Bliss (2000)
as Himself
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
as Himself
Brakhage (1998)
as Self
I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C) (1998)
Birth of a Nation (1997)
as Self
Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis (1997)
Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos (1997)
Cannibal! The Musical (1996)
as Noon Sr.
BRAKHAGE ON BRAKHAGE (1996)
as self
As Is Was (1995)
Jonas in the Desert (1994)
as Self
Z (Zee Not Zed) (1993)
Abstract Cinema (1993)
as Himself
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (1991)
as Self
Watunna (1989)
as Narrator
I... Dreaming (1988)
Faust's Other: An Idyll (1988)
Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye (1987)
as Self
Invocation: Maya Deren (1986)
as Himself
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage (1985)
as Self
Tortured Dust (1984)
Stan & Jane Brakhage (1981)
as Self
Grand Opera: An Historical Romance (1979)
as Himself (voice)
The Stars Are Beautiful (1974)
as Narrator (voice)
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema” (1973)
Reality's Invisible (1972)
as Self
Screening Room (1972)
as Himself
Filmmakers (1969)
as Himself
Legendary Epics Yarns and Fables Part 2: Stan Brakhage (1969)
as Himself
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)
as Self
The Art of Vision (1965)
as Man
Dog Star Man (1965)
Dog Star Man: Part IV (1964)
Song 1 (1964)
Dog Star Man: Part II (1964)
Dog Star Man: Part III (1964)
Dog Star Man: Part I (1963)
Prelude: Dog Star Man (1962)
Cat's Cradle (1959)
as Self
Window Water Baby Moving (1959)
as Self (uncredited)
Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959)
Flesh of Morning (1956)
Trumpit (1956)
The One Romantic Venture of Edward (1956)
The Extraordinary Child (1954)
Songs
as Self (Uncredited)

As Crew

Derealization (2025)
Visual Effects
20 Little Films (2012)
Director
Drawings by Billy and His Friends (2011)
In Memory Of
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two (2010)
Director
Sweetgrass (2009)
Thanks
Chinese Series (2003)
Director
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One (2003)
Director
Stan's Window & Work in Progress (2003)
Director
Song of the Mushroom (2002)
Director
Seasons... (2002)
Director
Ascension (2002)
Director
Panels for the Walls of Heaven (2002)
Director
Resurrectus Est (2002)
Director
SB (2002)
Director
Max (2002)
Director
Lovesong (2001)
Director
Rounds (2001)
Director
Garden Path (2001)
Director
Persian Series #17 (2001)
Director
Persian Series #13 (2001)
Director
Persian Series #14 (2001)
Director
Persian Series #15 (2001)
Director
Persian Series #18 (2001)
Director
Persian Series #16 (2001)
Director
Dark Night of The Soul (2001)
Director
Lovesong 4 (2001)
Director
Lovesong 5 & 6 (2001)
Director
Lovesong 3 (2001)
Director
Occam's Thread (2001)
Director
Micro-Garden (2001)
Director
Very (2001)
Director
Night Mulch (2001)
Director
Lovesong 2 (2001)
Director
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000)
Director
Water for Maya (2000)
Director
Persian Series #11 (2000)
Director
Persian Series #7 (2000)
Director
Persian Series #6 (2000)
Director
Persian Series #12 (2000)
Director
Persian Series #8 (2000)
Director
Persian Series #10 (2000)
Director
Persian Series #9 (2000)
Director
Jesus Trilogy and Coda (2000)
Director
Dance (2000)
Director
The Dark Tower (1999)
Director
The Birds Of Paradise (1999)
Director
Stately Mansions Did Decree (1999)
Director
Coupling (1999)
Director
Persian Series #2 (1999)
Director
Persian Series #3 (1999)
Director
Persian Series #1 (1999)
Director
Persian Series #4 (1999)
Director
Persian Series #5 (1999)
Director
The Lion and the Zebra Make God's Raw Jewels (1999)
Director
Cloud Chamber (1999)
Director
Worm and Web Love (1999)
Director
Moilsome Toilsome (1999)
Director
Cricket Requiem (1999)
Director
The Earth Song of the Cricket (1999)
Director
"..." Reel 5 (1998)
Director
"..." Reel 3 (1998)
Director
The Female Mystique and Spare Leaves (for Gordon) (1998)
Director
"..." Reel 4 (1998)
Director
"..." Reel 1 (1998)
Director
"..." Reel 2 (1998)
Director
Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind (1997)
Director
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm (1997)
Director
Self Song & Death Song (1997)
Director
Last Hymn to the Night - Novalis (1997)
Director
Divertimento (1997)
Director
Comingled Containers (1996)
Director
Shockingly Hot (1996)
Director
Prelude 9 (1996)
Director
Prelude 11 (1996)
Director
Prelude 7 (1996)
Director
Prelude 12 (1996)
Director
Prelude 8 (1996)
Director
Prelude 13 (1996)
Director
Prelude 10 (1996)
Director
Prelude 14 (1996)
Director
Prelude 15 (1996)
Director
Prelude 16 (1996)
Director
Prelude 21 (1996)
Director
Prelude 22 (1996)
Director
Prelude 24 (1996)
Director
Prelude 17 (1996)
Director
Prelude 19 (1996)
Director
Prelude 20 (1996)
Director
Prelude 23 (1996)
Director
Prelude 18 (1996)
Director
Blue Value (1996)
Director
Sexual Saga (1996)
Director
The Fur of Home (1996)
Director
Beautiful Funerals (1996)
Director
Polite Madness (1996)
Director
Through Wounded Eyes (1996)
Director
Concrescence (1996)
Director
Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse (1996)
Director
I Take These Truths (1995)
Director
The 'b' Series (1995)
Director
Prelude 3 (1995)
Director
Prelude 4 (1995)
Director
Prelude 1 (1995)
Director
Prelude 2 (1995)
Director
Prelude 5 (1995)
Director
Prelude 6 (1995)
Director
I... (1995)
Director
In Consideration of Pompeii (1995)
Director
We Hold These (1995)
Director
The "Lost" Films (1995)
Director
Spring Cycle (1995)
Director
Paranoia Corridor (1995)
Director
Earthen Aerie (1995)
Director
Black Ice (1994)
Director
From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis (1994)
Director
The Mammals of Victoria (1994)
Director
Elementary Phrases (1994)
Director
Naughts (1994)
Director
Chartres Series (1994)
Director
Cannot Exist (1994)
Director
Cannot Not Exist (1994)
Director
Alternating Currents (1994)
Director
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994)
Thanks
Study in Color and Black and White (1993)
Director
Stellar (1993)
Director
Autumnal (1993)
Director
Boulder Blues and Pearls and... (1993)
Director
Ephemeral Solidity (1993)
Director
Three Homerics (1993)
Director
The Harrowing (1993)
Director
Tryst Haunt (1993)
Director
Blossom-Gift/Favor (1993)
Director
For Marilyn (1992)
Director
Interpolations 1-5 (1992)
Director
Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (1991)
Director
Crack Glass Eulogy (1991)
Director
A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea (1991)
Director
Christ Mass Sex Dance (1991)
Director
Agnus Dei Kinder Synapse (1991)
Director
Glaze of Cathexis (1990)
Director
Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave (1990)
Director
Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence (1990)
Director
Passage Through: A Ritual (1990)
Director
City Streaming (1990)
Director
Babylon Series #2 (1990)
Director
Babylon Series #3 (1990)
Director
Vision of the Fire Tree (1990)
Director
The Thatch of Night (1990)
Director
Visions in Meditation #1 (1989)
Director
Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde (1989)
Director
Babylon Series #1 (1989)
Director
Faust IV (1989)
Director
Faust's Other: An Idyll (1988)
Director
Rage Net (1988)
Director
I... Dreaming (1988)
Director
Marilyn's Window (1988)
Director
Faust 3: Candida Albacore (1988)
Director
Matins (1988)
Director
Kindering (1987)
Director
The Dante Quartet (1987)
Director
Loud Visual Noises (1987)
Director
Faustfilm: An Opera (1987)
Director
Night Music (1986)
Director
The Loom (1986)
Director
Confession (1986)
Director
Fireloop (1986)
Director
Dance Shadows by Danelle Helander (1986)
Director
The Aerodyne (1986)
Director
Jane (1985)
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Egyptian Series (1984)
Director
Tortured Dust (1984)
Director
Tortured Dust Part 3 (1984)
Director
Tortured Dust Part 2 (1984)
Director
Tortured Dust Part 1 (1984)
Director
Tortured Dust Part 4 (1984)
Director
Hell Spit Flexion (1983)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 15 (1982)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 19 (1982)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 16 (1982)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 18 (1982)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 14 (1982)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 17 (1982)
Director
The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 12 (1981)
Director
Unconscious London Strata (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 3 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 6 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 1 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 2 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 4 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 5 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 11 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 13 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 9 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 7 (1981)
Director
Arabic Numeral Series 8 (1981)
Director
Made Manifest (1981)
Director
RR (1981)
Director
Nodes (1981)
Director
Aftermath (1981)
Director
Murder Psalm (1980)
Director
Duplicity III (1980)
Director
Roman Numeral: VII (1980)
Director
Roman Numeral: IV (1980)
Director
Roman Numeral: VIII (1980)
Director
Roman Numeral: IX (1980)
Director
Roman Numeral: VI (1980)
Director
Roman Numeral: V (1980)
Director
4A (1980)
Director
Sincerity V (1980)
Director
Other (1980)
Director
Salome (1980)
Director
Creation (1979)
Director
Roman Numeral: II (1979)
Director
Roman Numeral: I (1979)
Director
Roman Numeral: III (1979)
Director
Sincerity IV (1979)
Director
@ (1979)
Director
Burial Path (1978)
Director
Thot-Fal'N (1978)
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Bird (1978)
Director
Centre (1978)
Director
Nightmare Series (1978)
Director
Sluice (1978)
Director
Purity and After (1978)
Director
Duplicity II (1978)
Director
Sincerity III (1978)
Director
Duplicity I (1978)
Director
The Domain of the Moment (1977)
Director
The Governor (1977)
Director
Soldiers and Other Cosmic Objects (1977)
Director
Tragoedia (1977)
Director
Gadflies (1976)
Director
Desert (1976)
Director
Window (1976)
Director
Sketches (1976)
Director
Highs (1976)
Director
Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane (1976)
Director
Trio (1976)
Director, Cinematography
The Dream, N.Y.C., The Return, The Flower (1976)
Director
Absence (1976)
Director
Short Films 1976 (1976)
Director
Airs (1976)
Director
Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #5 (Niagara Falls) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #4 (Lady in Glass) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #8 (Small Town Streets) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975 (1975)
Director
Sincerity II (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning) (1975)
Director
Short Films 1975: #9 (Forest Love Scene) (1975)
Director
The Stars Are Beautiful (1974)
Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
The Text of Light (1974)
Director, Director of Photography
Star Garden (1974)
Director
Skein (1974)
Director
Aquarien (1974)
Director
Clancy (1974)
Director
Flight (1974)
Director
Hymn to Her (1974)
Director
“He was born, he suffered, he died.” (1974)
Director
Sol (1974)
Director
Dominion (1974)
Director
The Women (1973)
Director
Sincerity I (1973)
Director
Sexual Meditation: Open Field (1973)
Director
Gift (1973)
Director
The Wold-Shadow (1972)
Director
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1972)
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
The Process (1972)
Director
The Riddle of Lumen (1972)
Director
Wecht (1972)
Director
Sexual Meditation: Hotel (1972)
Director
The Shores of Phos: A Fable (1972)
Director
Sexual Meditation: Office Suite (1972)
Director
Sexual Meditation: Faun's Room, Yale (1972)
Director
Eye Myth Educational (1972)
Writer, Director
The Presence (1972)
Director
Deus Ex (1971)
Director
Western History (1971)
Director
Sexual Meditation: Room with View (1971)
Director
Door (1971)
Director
The Peaceable Kingdom (1971)
Director
Angels' (1971)
Director
The Trip to Door (1971)
Director
Fox Fire Child Watch (1971)
Director
The Machine of Eden (1970)
Director
The Weir-Falcon Saga (1970)
Director
Eyes (1970)
Director
The Animals of Eden and After (1970)
Director
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four (1970)
Director
Sexual Meditation #1: Motel (1970)
Director
Scenes from Under Childhood (1970)
Director
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Three (1969)
Director
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Two (1969)
Director
Window Suite of Children's Songs (1969)
Director
American 30s Song (1969)
Director
My Mtn. Song 27 Part II: Rivers (1969)
Director
Song 28 (1969)
Director
Song 29 (1969)
Director
Nuptiae (1969)
Director of Photography
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One (1968)
Director
The Horseman, the Woman, and the Moth (1968)
Director
Lovemaking (1968)
Director
My Mountain: Song 27 (1968)
Director
Song 26 (1968)
Director
Eye Myth (1967)
Director
Song 24 (1967)
Director
Song 25 (1967)
Director
23rd Psalm Branch (1967)
Director
23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
Director
23rd Psalm Branch: Part II (1967)
Director, Cinematography, Editor
For Life, Against the War (1967)
Director
Pasht (1966)
Director
Song 21 (1966)
Director
Song 20 (1966)
Director
Song 17 (1966)
Director
Song 22 (1966)
Director
Song 18 (1966)
Director
Song 19 (1966)
Director
Song 16 (1966)
Director
The Art of Vision (1965)
Director, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
Director
Fire of Waters (1965)
Director
Song 10 (1965)
Director
Song 12 (1965)
Director
Song 14 (1965)
Director
Song 13 (1965)
Director
Song 9 (1965)
Director
Song 11 (1965)
Director
Three Films: Blue White/Blood's Tone/Vein (1965)
Director
15 Song Traits (1965)
Director
Black Vision (1965)
Director
Dog Star Man (1965)
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Dog Star Man: Part II (1964)
Director
Dog Star Man: Part IV (1964)
Director
Dog Star Man: Part III (1964)
Director
Song 6 (1964)
Director
Song 4 (1964)
Director
Song 2 (1964)
Director
Song 3 (1964)
Director
Song 8 (1964)
Director
Song 5 (1964)
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Song 1 (1964)
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Song 7 (1964)
Director
Dog Star Man: Part I (1963)
Director
Mothlight (1963)
Director
Oh Life - a Woe Story - the A Test News (1963)
Director
Prelude: Dog Star Man (1962)
Director
Blue Moses (1962)
Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor
Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender (1962)
Director
Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself (1962)
Editor, Director, Writer
Thigh Line Lyre Triangular (1961)
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Ballad of the Colorado Ute (1961)
Editor, Cinematography, Director
Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie (1961)
Director
Sartre's Nausea (1961)
Director
The Dead (1960)
Director
Colorado Legend (1960)
Editor, Director of Photography, Director, Cinematography
Window Water Baby Moving (1959)
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Cat's Cradle (1959)
Director
Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959)
Director
Sirius Remembered (1959)
Director
Pittsburgh (1959)
Cinematography
Anticipation of the Night (1958)
Director
Loving (1957)
Director
Daybreak and Whiteye (1957)
Director
Flesh of Morning (1956)
Director
Zone Moment (1956)
Director
Nightcats (1956)
Director
Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding (1955)
Director
The Wonder Ring (1955)
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Centuries of June (1955)
Director
Reflections on Black (1955)
Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
In Between (1955)
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer
Desistfilm (1954)
Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
The Way to Shadow Garden (1954)
Director, Cinematography, Sound Designer, Writer, Editor
The Extraordinary Child (1954)
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
The Boy and the Sea (1953)
Director
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection (1953)
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
Interim (1952)
Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Visions in Meditation
Director
Arabic Numeral Series
Director
Persian Series
Director
Persian Series 1-5
Director
Songs
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer