Hollis Frampton

Hollis Frampton

b. 1936 — d. 1984 (aged 48) Wooster, Ohio, USA

Cinematographer Director

Hollis Frampton is known for the broad and restless intelligence he brought to the films he made, beginning in the early '60s, until his death in 1984. In addition to being an important experimental filmmaker, he was also an accomplished photographer and writer, and in the 1970s made significant contributions to the emerging field of computer science. He is considered one of the pioneers of what has come to be termed structuralism, an influential style of experimental filmmaking that uses the basic elements of cinematic language to create works that investigate film form at the expense of traditional narrative content. Along with Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage, he is one of the major figures to emerge from the New York avant-garde film community of the 1960s.

Known For

Not the First Time

The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I

The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall VII

Filmography

A and B in Ontario

1984 Self Director

The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall VII

1980 Director Cinematographer

The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I

1980 Director Cinematographer

The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

1980 Director Cinematographer

Gloria!

Matrix: First Dream

More Than Meets the Eye

The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

Not the First Time

1976 Director Cinematographer

The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I

The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I

Otherwise Unexplained Fires

The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death Part II

For Georgia O'Keeffe

Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

Pan 1

Pan 0

Pan 3

Pan 2

Pan 4

Pan 698

Pan 699

Pan 697

Pan 700

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice

Autumnal Equinox

Noctiluca: Magellan's Toys: #1

Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

Summer Solstice

Drafts and Fragments Straits of Magellan

Drafts and Fragments Straits of Magellan

Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit

Less

Trees in the River, Kent OH

Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

Tiger Balm

Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

Yellow Springs: Magellan, Vanishing Point #1

Nostalgia

Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

Clouds of Magellan

Zorns Lemma

Lemon

Carrots & Peas

Palindrome

Artificial Light

Artificial Light

Prince Ruperts Drops

Prince Ruperts Drops

Inside Silo 11

Works and Days

Surface Tension

Surface Tension

Maxwell's Demon

Maxwell's Demon

Wavelength

States

Process Red

Manual of Arms

1966 Director Cinematographer

Obelisk Ampersand Encounter

Clouds Like White Sheep

1962 Director Cinematographer

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