24 Hour Sunset
2023 · Movie
Kenneth Anger
1927-02-03
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer; February 3, 1927 - May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost forty works since 1937, nine of which in particular have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle," and form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history. His films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle." Anger himself has been described as "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers, and certainly the first whose work addressed homosexuality in an undisguised, self-implicating manner," and his "role in rendering gay culture visible within American cinema, commercial or otherwise, is impossible to overestimate." Some of his particularly homoerotic works, such as Fireworks (1947) and Scorpio Rising (1964), were produced prior to the legalisation of homosexuality in the United States. He has also focused upon occult themes in many of his films, being fascinated by the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley, and is a follower of Crowley's religion, Thelema. This influence is evident from films like Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954), Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) and Lucifer Rising (1972). Anger has described filmmakers such as Auguste and Louis Lumière and Georges Méliès as influences, and has been cited as an important influence on later film directors like Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and John Waters.He has also been described as having "a profound impact on the work of many other filmmakers and artists, as well as on music video as an emergent art form using dream sequence, dance, fantasy, and narrative." During the 1960s and 70s he associated and worked with a number of different figures in popular culture and the occult, including Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, sexologist Alfred Kinsey, artist Jean Cocteau, playwright Tennessee Williams and musicians Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Marianne Faithfull. He is also the author of the controversial best seller Hollywood Babylon (1959) and its sequel Hollywood Babylon II (1986), in which he claims to expose many of the rumours and secrets of Hollywood celebrities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Anger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger
2019 · Movie
Anton LaVey: Into the Devil's Den
2019 · Movie
as Himself
72 Hours In André Balazs’ Chateau Marmont With Kenneth Anger
2018 · Movie
as Self
Mansfield 66/67
2017 · Movie
as Self
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015 · Movie
Satan Lives
2015 · Movie
as Self
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Movie
as Lucifer
FLicKeR
2009 · Movie
as Self
Night of Pan
2009 · Movie
as Lucifer
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Disinfo.Con
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two
2007 · Movie
The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One
2007 · Movie
365 Day Project
2007 · Movie
as Self
Anger Me
2006 · Movie
as Himself
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
2006 · Movie
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Notes on Marie Menken
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Spells of Kenneth Anger
2003 · Movie
as himself
Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
2003 · Movie
as Self
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Rescued from the Closet
2001 · Movie
as Self
A Spy in the House of Love
1998 · Movie
as Himself
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SexTV
1998 · TV Show
The Beach Boys and The Satan
1997 · Movie
as Self
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Movie
as Self
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995 · Movie
as Self
Jonas in the Desert
1994 · Movie
as Self
Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon
1991 · Movie
as Himself
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
1982 · Movie
as Self
Lucifer Rising
1974 · Movie
as The Magus (uncredited)
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Look Back at Anger
1974 · Movie
as Self
Magick Lantern Cycle
1974 · Movie
as Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus
Kenneth Anger: Film as Magical Ritual
1970 · Movie
as Himself
Langlois
1970 · Movie
as Self
Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969 · Movie
as The Magick (uncredited)
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
1961 · Movie
The Dead
1960 · Movie
The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
1954 · Movie
as Hecate
Fireworks
1947 · Movie
as Dreamer (uncredited)
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Prisoner of Mars
1942 · Movie
Crew Credits
Technicolor Skull
2014 · Movie
Director
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Airships
2013 · Movie
Director
Missoni
2010 · Movie
Director
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Movie
Director
Brush of Baphomet
2009 · Movie
Director
Ich will!
2008 · Movie
Director
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Uniform Attraction
2008 · Movie
Director
Foreplay
2008 · Movie
Director
My Surfing Lucifer
2007 · Movie
Director
The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two
2007 · Movie
Director, Writer
The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One
2007 · Movie
Director, Writer
Elliott's Suicide
2007 · Movie
Director
I'll Be Watching You
2007 · Movie
Director, Writer
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Anger Sees Red
2004 · Movie
Director, Writer
Mouse Heaven
2004 · Movie
Director
The Man We Want to Hang
2002 · Movie
Director
Don't Smoke That Cigarette
1999 · Movie
Director
Rabbit's Moon
1979 · Movie
Director
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Senators in Bondage
1976 · Movie
Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
Lucifer Rising
1974 · Movie
Director, Editor, Producer
Magick Lantern Cycle
1974 · Movie
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director of Photography
Hollywood Babylon
1972 · Movie
Book
Rabbit's Moon
1971 · Movie
Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969 · Movie
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
Kustom Kar Kommandos
1965 · Movie
Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Scorpio Rising
1964 · Movie
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
1954 · Movie
Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Eaux d'Artifice
1953 · Movie
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
Puce Moment
1949 · Movie
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
Fireworks
1947 · Movie
Writer, Director, Editor
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Escape Episode
1947 · Movie
Director
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The Nest
1943 · Movie
Director
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Tinsel Tree
1942 · Movie
Director
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Prisoner of Mars
1942 · Movie
Director, Writer
Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat
1941 · Movie
Writer, Director
