Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Funtime at the Vasulkas
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2000
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1986
Home Movies 1971-81
Character:
MOVIE • 1985
A and B in Ontario
Character:
MOVIE • 1984
Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
Character: Max A. Zorn
MOVIE • 1979
Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)
Character:
MOVIE • 1975
Wavelength
Character:
MOVIE • 1967
Crew
Crew Credits
A Hollis Frampton Odyssey
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2012
A and B in Ontario
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1984
The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Gloria!
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
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Matrix [First Dream]
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
More Than Meets The Eye
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Not the First Time
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Quaternion
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Otherwise Unexplained Fires
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Procession
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
For Georgia O'Keeffe
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Pas de Trois
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
Winter Solstice
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974