Bruce Baillie
Bruce Baillie (September 24, 1931 – April 10, 2020) was an American experimental filmmaker. He was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1931 and died on April 10, 2020 in Camano Island, Washington.[1]
Work[]
Baillie founded Canyon Cinema in San Francisco in 1961.
Also, in 1961, Baillie, along with friend and fellow cinematic artist Chick Strand, founded San Francisco Cinematheque.[2]
His body of cinematic work includes Quick Billy, To Parsifal, Mass for the Dakota Sioux, Castro Street, All My Life, Valentin de las Sierras, and Tung.
Legacy[]
In 1991, he was the recipient of AFI's Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award.[3][4]
His 1966 short film Castro Street was selected in 1992 for the United States National Film Registry.
In 2012, Stanford University acquired Baillie's archives and the archives of Canyon Cinema.[2] The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of Bruce Baillie's films, including Castro Street, Still Life, Cherry Yogurt, Little Girl, Roslyn Romance (Is It Really True?), and Quick Billy Rolls.[5]
Filmography[]
- On Sundays (1960–1961)
- David Lynn's Sculpture (1961, unfinished)
- Mr. Hayashi (1961)
- The Gymnasts (1961)
- Friend Fleeing (1962)
- Everyman (1962)
- News #3 (1962)
- Have You Thought of Talking to the Director? (1962)
- Here I Am (1962)
- A Hurrah for Soldiers (1962–1963)
- To Parsifal (1963)
- Mass for the Dakota Sioux (1964)
- The Brookfield Recreation Center (1964)
- Quixote (1964–1965, revised 1967)
- Yellow Horse (1965)
- Tung (1966)
- Castro Street (1966) filmed on Castro Street in Richmond, California
- All My Life (1966)
- Still Life (1966)
- Termination (1966)
- Port Chicago Vigil (1966)
- Show Leader (1966)
- Valentin de las Sierras (1971)
- Quick Billy (1971)
- Roslyn Romance (Is It Really True?): Intro. 1 & II (1978)
- The Holy Scrolls (completed 1998)
References[]
- ^ Hoberman, J. (April 10, 2020). "Bruce Baillie, 'Essential' Avant-Garde Filmmaker, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ray, Elaine: STANFORD UNIVERSITY NEWS, "Archives of experimental filmmaker Bruce Baillie now in Stanford University Libraries", September 12, 2012, Accessed online, May 27, 2015
- ^ "Bruce Baillie receives 1991 AFI award". Archived from the original on 2014-03-20.
- ^ "Bruce Baillie receives Maya Deren Award". 15 February 1991.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links[]
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