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here on page one: links people, A to Z on page two: reference books how-to books & videos film festivals & contests software selected films collections on DVD individual films

"I was always an independent, even when I had partners."
— movie producer Samuel Goldwyn

"In feature films, the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director."
— Alfred Hitchcock

Art House & International Films at Amazon: on DVD • on VHS
Documentary Films category at Amazon: on DVD • on VHS

L i n k s
Independent Filmmaker's Forum [last update 1999?]
IndieFilms: network of independent filmmakers
IndieWire: online community [est. 1996]
Reel Roundtable [est. 1998] in New York City
Indie Film Page
Amateur Movie Makers Association [1953-2009]
Albuquerque [NM] Independent Film Cooperative
Screen Actors Guild 'Indie' Program [est. 1997]
The Documentary Channel
Women Make Movies independent distribution
Chicken & Egg Pictures [est. 7/2005] helps feminist & female filmmakers - based in NYC & SFO
International Documentary Assn. [est. 1982]
Independent Filmmakers Alliance
New Film Makers - New York City [est. 1998]
New Film Makers - Los Angeles [est. 2007]
GoFilmFest Independent Film & Film Festival ezine

official website • crowd funding at IndieGoGo

Independent Film Project [est. 1979] Los Angeles FilmFest [June 2009 = #25] Independent Film Week {formerly I.F.P. Market} [Sept 2009 = #31] East Coast Gotham Independent Film Awards [Nov 2009 = #19]

Independent Film Channel [est. 1994] I.F.C. rant Magazine {subscription} I.F.C. Review quarterly {subscription} IFC Films (independent distribution)

subscription 4 issues/year for $18.00 via Amazon

F I L M - M A K E R S  { A to Z }

Darren Aronofsky
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Charles Band
Charles and his brother Richard have made over 250 schlock feature films, mostly in the horror genre.
browse Charles Band on DVD • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Joe Berlinger
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Crude: The Real Price of Oil" [First Run Features Sept 2009] Thirty thousand native residents of the despoiled Amazon rainforest in Ecuador sued Chevron for $27 billion in reparations, while still living in the heavily-polluted environment • Co-produced & directed by Joe Berlinger; won awards at Dallas, Big Sky, Nashville & Thessalonika film festivals First Run Features color DVD [2/2010] for $20.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Hank: Five Years From The Brink" [Bloomberg Business Week Sept 2013] 87 minutes from interviews with Henry 'Hank' Paulson and his wife Wendy Co-produced, written & directed by Joe Berlinger Virgil Films & Ent. widescreen color DVD [2/2014] for $19.99 Amazon Instant Video [2/2014] rental $3.99, purchase $12.99 full credits at IMDb

documentary filmmaker  Les Blank
official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Stan Brakhage  [1933-2003]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

FC's Stan Brakhage fansite

	"By Brakhage" Criterion Collection Anthology [2003] 26 films & extras on 2 disks Criterion DVD [6/2003] for $34.99
	"Brakhage" [Bravo tv movie 1998] Written & directed by Jim Shedden Zeitgeist color DVD [7/2004] for $26.09 full credits from IMDb

Charles Burnett
browse Charles Burnett on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Killer of Sheep" [original 1977; re-released 2007] Long considered a prime example of independent film-making; taught in film schools while until recently not availabale for viewing (due to music rights restrictions). A black man in South Central Los Angeles is disconnected from his wife and his son & daughter and is unable to sleep, while working long hours at the local slaughterhouse • Produced, written, directed & edited by Charles Burnett; starring Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry & Jack Drummond; won FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin International Film Festival (1981); listed on the first National Film Registry (1990) full credits from IMDb • official movie site New Yorker/Milestone b&w DVD [11/2007] 2 disks for $29.99 this DVD set also includes four short films by Burnett and his second feature film: "My Brother's Wedding" [shelved 1983; released 2007] A black man working at a dry cleaner in South Central Los Angeles agrees to be best man for his ambitious lawyer brother, whom he despises • Produced, written & directed by Charles Burnett; starring Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Ronnie Bell, Dennis Kemper & Sally Easter; full credits from IMDb

John Carpenter
http://www.amazon.com/John-Carpenter-Man-His-Movies/dp/B0001BKALC/

John Cassavetes  [1929-89]
"Life is a series of suicides, divorces, promises broken, children smashed, whatever."
== line from John Cassavetes movie "Love Streams" [1984]
browse John Cassavetes on DVD • browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
received 3 Oscar nominations [1968-1975]; no wins

"The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism & The Movies" [1994] by Raymond Carney Cambridge Univ Press pb [11/2005] for $28.99

wife actress Gena Rowlands
son Nick Cassavetes [b. 1959]
daughter Alexandra Katherine 'Xan' Cassavetes [b. 1965]
daughter director Zoe Cassavetes [b. 1970]

John's mother-in-law Lady Rowlands [1904-99]

YouTube star Michelle Chmielewki

Shirley Clarke  [1919-97]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Clarke
http://www.projectshirley.com/

"Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With The World" [WGBH-TV 1963] The acclaimed 87-year-old poet is shown at speaking engagements at Amherst and Sarah Lawrence colleges, touring an aircraft carrier, receiving an award from President Kennedy, and at home near Boston. Produced by Robert Hughes; directed by Shirley Clarke; featuring Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson; won Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature available only on DVD-R via streaming license at Milestone Films (2013) full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Ornette: Made In America" [indep Feb 1986, restored 2/2013] /tt0089742/
http://www.projectshirley.com/ornette.html movie by Shirley Clarke [1919-97]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSxkxE56GOc

Robert Carl Cohen  makes Radical Films
IMDb listing

Gary Conklin
official website • IMDb listing

Alex Cox
browse Alex Cox on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"Alex Cox: Film Anarchist" [2003] by Steven Paul Davies Batsford U.K. 9¾x7¼ pb [6/2003] out of print/used
	"X Films: True Confessions of A Radical Filmmaker" [2008 autobiography] by Alex Cox Soft Skull Press 9¼x6¼ pb [9/2008] for $13.46 I.B. Tauris 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2008] out of print/used

Sarah Demeestere
http://www.superstringcreations.com/

Maya Deren  [1917-61]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Maya Deren: Experimental Films" [1998] Mystic Fire Video b&w DVD [2/2002] for $39.99 Mystic Fire Video b&w VHS [9/98] for $37.49 official movie site

Magic Lantern's
Bill Douglas  [1934-91, U.K.] Page

designers & filmmakers Charles & Ray Eames
official website • team entry at Wikipedia

Charles & Ray Eames Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

Charles H. Ferguson
browse DVDs • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"No End In Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq" [Magnolia July 2007] Examines the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, the looting of Baghdad, the purge of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – that largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. Co-produced, written & directed by Charles Ferguson; narrated by Campbell Scott; won Special Jury Prize at Sundance; listed #7 on TIME Top Ten Best Movies of The Year (12/2007); Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, WGA nom for Best Documentary Screenplay Magnolia widescreen color DVD [10/2007] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Inside Job" [Sony Pictures Classics Oct 2010] "If you're not enraged by the end of this movie, [then] you haven't been paying attention." — Mary & Richard Corliss, in Time Magazine A comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, thru exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists & academics • Co-produced, written & directed by Charles Ferguson; narrated by Matt Damon; featuring Congressman Barney Frank, Raghuram Rajan, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, Eliot Spitzer, Paul Volcker, many others; won Oscar & D.G.A. & WGA Awards for Best Documentary Feature, National Board of Review Award DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • credits at IMDb • official movie site

untitled Julian Assange TV movie [H.B.O. 2012? broadcast]
Announced 8/2011: TV docudrama about Julian Assange & WikiLeaks for H.B.O., to be directed
by Charles Ferguson • latest info at IMDb

filmmaker & media artist  Péter Forgács [b. 1950] of Hungary
official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Hunky Blues: The American Dream" [Hungary May 2009] 100-minute documentary on the experiences of Hungarians who emigrated to America, mostly thru Ellis Island in New York City between 1890 and 1921; in Hungarian with English subtitles • Directed by Péter Forgács Facets Video widescreen color/b&w DVD [6/2011] for $24.95 credits at IMDb

"Cinema's Alchemist: The Films of Péter Forgács" [2011] Edited by Bill Nichols & Michael Renov Contributors include scholars from University of California, Berkeley; Budapest University; University of Southern California; Hamilton College in New York; University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Paris; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Wesleyan University; University of Pennsylvania; University of Leiden, Netherlands; and Stockholm University Kindle Edition from Univ MN Press [11/2011] for $15.13 Univ MN Press 10x7 pb [11/2011] for $27.50 Univ MN Press 10x7 hardcover [11/2011] for $82.50

photographer & filmmaker Robert Frank [b. 1924]
"Although he has made 27 films, the work is largely a well-kept secret."
browse books at Amazon • Artcyclopedia • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"The Americans" [1958] Photographs by Robert Frank; Introduction by Jack Kerouac considered to be Robert Frank's masterpiece Scalo Verlag 9½x8½ pb [9/93] out of print/used Random House/Pantheon 9¾x9 pb [1/86] out of print/used Steidl Verlag 8½x7½ hardcover [8/2005] out of print/used Scalo Verlag 8¾x9½ hardcover [5/98] out of print/used

"Frank Films" book [] by Robert Frank
http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Films-Film-Video-Robert/dp/3865218156/

"Robert Frank: The Complete Film Works"

publisher's official author page Volume 1: Steidl Verlag DVD-ROM [10/2008] 3 disks for $54.93 fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 3 films: "Pull My Daisy" [1959 short], "The Sin of Jesus" [1961 short], and "Me and My Brother" [1969] Volume 2: Steidl Verlag DVD [10/2008] - out of prodn/used fancy film can in a slipcase contains 3 films: "Conversations In Vermont" [26 min; 1969], "Life-Raft Earth" [37 min; 1969], and "OK End Here" [32 min; 1963] Volume 3: Steidl Verlag DVD [10/2008] 3 disks - out of prodn/used fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 3 films: "Keep Busy" feature [75 min; 1975], "About Me: A Musical" [29 min; 1971], and "S-8 Stones Footage from Exile On Main Street" [1972] NOTE: Volumes 4 & 5 & 6 were announced but are not produced (8/2013 & 4/2017) Volume 4: Steidl Verlag DVD [not yet released?] 3 disks for $112.49 fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 3 films: "Life Dances On ..." [30 min; 1980], "Energy and How To Get It" [30 min; 1981 spoof], and "Home Improvements" [29 min; 1985] Volume 5: Steidl Verlag DVD [not yet released?] 3 disks for $112.49 fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 2 films: "This Song For Jack" [26 min; 1983] documentary of a conference honoring Jack Kerouac that was held at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado; and "Hunter" [37 min; 1989] Volume 6: Steidl Verlag DVD [not yet released?] 3 disks for $112.49 fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 3 films: "C'est vrai (It's Real)" [60 min; 1990], "Candy Mountain" [91 min; 1987], and "Run/New Order" video [4 min; 1989]

Alex Gibney browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Alex Gibney’s New York-based production firm Jigsaw Productions

http://www.amazon.com/David-Halberstams-Fifties-Edward-Herrmann/dp/0767004132/ [1997]
http://www.amazon.com/Enron-Smartest-Guys-Room-Blu-ray/dp/B000GFRII6/ [2006]
http://www.amazon.com/Enron-Smartest-Guys-Room/dp/B000C3L2IO/ [2006]
won shared Oscar & shared Emmy for "Taxi To The Dark Side" docufilm [2007] /tt0854678/
http://www.amazon.com/Gonzo-Life-Work-Hunter-Thompson/dp/B001EDFSIQ/ [2008]
http://www.amazon.com/Casino-Jack-United-States-Money/dp/B003L20IGU/ [2010]
"Freakonomics" [2010] /tt1152822/

"Client 9: The Rise & Fall of Eliot Spitzer" [Magnolia Pictures Nov 2010]
http://www.client9themovie.com/ /tt1638362/

"Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search For A Kool Place" [A&E / Magnolia Aug 2011] Described as 'archival cinema verité', a documentary film made from Ken Kesey & Neal Cassady's mostly-silent footage of their 1964 road trips (and acid trips) in The Magic Bus 'Further', with Sixties-era commen-tary • Co-written & directed by Alex Gibney & Alison Ellwood; featuzing Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy Gravy, The Grateful Dead Band {then The Warlocks}, and the Merry Pranksters DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site

Brent Green
official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then" stop-motion feature [2010] /tt1660362/

Magic Lantern's
Robert Greenwald Page

browse Robert Greenwald on DVD

Robert Greenwald's blogsite

Brave New Conversations [est. 9/2010 - gone 2016]
participants included Jackson Browne, Janeane Garofalo, Amy Goodman, Congressman Alan Grayson,
Thom Hartmann, Tom Hayden, Oliver Stone & Marianne Williamson

Independent America Media
company official website

"The Two-Lane Search For Mom & Pop" [Canada/Id Commns Nov 2005] The married filmmakers traveled 13,000 miles across America in search of the current status of the 'mom and pop' grocery store. Executive produced by Tom Powers (Open Door Prodns); co-produced & directed by Hanson Hosein; co-produced & narrated by Heather Hughes CustomFlix color DVD [12/2006] for $22.99 credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Rising From Ruins" [indep 2009] Sequel to & extension of "The Two-Lane Search For Mom & Pop" [2005]: reports on the local 'mom & pop' businesses who sustained the neighborhoods of New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina, while corporations did (less than) nothing. Executive produced by Tom Powers (Open Door Prodns); written & directed by Hanson Hosein; narrated by Heather Hughes DVD/Blu-ray not yet available credits at IMDb • official movie site

Henry Jaglom
browse Henry Jaglom on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jim Jarmusch
browse Jim Jarmusch on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

JH's Jim Jarmusch fansite

"Mystery Train" [Orion Pictures Nov 1989] Three stories: A Japanese couple obsessed with 1950s America travel by train to Memphis; an Italian widow transporting her husband's body by plane is stuck overnight in Memphis; three Memphis lowlifes head for cover after a botched liquor store robbery – all converging on the same rundown Memphis hotel. Written & directed by Jim Jarmusch; original music by John Lurie; starring Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco), Stephen Jones, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi & Tom Waits M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color DVD [3/2000] out of prodn/used M.G.M. Home Video color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used Milan Records soundtrack CD [8/94] 16 tracks for $11.98 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

surrealist  Alejandro 'Jodo' Jodorowsky [b. 1929]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky" [2007] Starz / Anchor Bay color DVD set 5/2007] 5 disks for $33.49 includes "Fando y Lis" [1967]; "El Topo" [1970] starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, his son Brontis Jodorowsky & Alfonso Arau; and "The Holy Mountain" [1973] starring Alejandro Jodorowsky & Horácio Salinas
	"Anarchy and Alchemy: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky" [2007] by Ben Cobb Creation Books 8¼x8 pb [8/2007] for $13.57
	"The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo" [2008] by Alejandro Jodorowsky Park Street Press pb [7/2008] for $12.89

"La Cravate" [1957]
"Fando y Lis" [1967]
"El Topo" [1970]
"The Holy Mountain" [1973]
"Tusk" [1978]
"Santa Sangre" [1989]
"The Rainbow Thief" [1990]
"The Jodorowsky Constellation" [1994]
"King Shot" [shelved 2009]

"The Dance of Reality" biopic [Europe 2013, USA May 2014]

Filmed in Chile; a version of Jodorowsky's childhood. Produced, written & directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, based on his autobiography; also starring Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits, Bastian Bodenhöfer, Andres Cox, Adan Jodorowsky & Axel/Cristobal Jodorowsky DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia ABKCO Music & Records soundtrack CD [DUE May 2014] - price unknown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMM5tZOsr3Q

"The Dance of Reality: A Psychomagical Autobiography" [2005] by Alejandro Jodorowsky Park Street Press pb [6/2014] for $16.94 Spanish edition bestseller: Siruela 8½x5½ pb [2006] for $25.20 Spanish edition bestseller: Debolsillo 7½x4¾ pb [5/2005] out of print/used

"Jodorowsky's Dune" [Sony Pictures Classics March 2014]

90-minute docufilm about Jodorowsky's 1975-77 preparation to make a feature film of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel "Dune", to star 12-year-old son Brontis, Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine & Salvador Dali, with music by Pink Floyd – alas, the film was never made • Co-produced & directed by Frank Pavich; featuring Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, artist H.R. Giger, artist Jean 'Moebius' Giraud, Chris Foss, son Brontis Jodorowsky, Richard Stanley, Devin Faraci, Drew McWeeny, Gary Kurtz, Nicolas Winding Refn; won 2 awards at Austin [TX] Fantastic Fest & 2 awards at Sitges Catalonian Intl. F/F Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [7/2014] 2 disks for $9.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [2:02] at YouTube

"Endless Poetry (Poesía sin Fin)" [France Oct 2016, USA July 2017]

2-hour 8-minute autobiographical fantasy drama obviously in the style of Jodorowsky's favorite filmmaker Federico Fellini [1920-93]; a yound man breaks with his staid Chilean family to become a poet . . . Co-produced, written & directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky; music by Adan Jodorowsky; starring Adan Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky {as himself}, Leandro Taub, Pamela Flores, Hugo Marín, Jeremias Herskovits, Julia Avendaño, Bastián Bodenhöfer, Carolyn Carlson, Ali Ahmad Sa'Id Esber {dual role}, Kaori Ito, Carlos Leay, Felipe Pizarro Sáenz De Urtury, Felipe Ríos DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 4/2017 official trailer [2:01] at YouTube

"Abel Cain, or The Sons of El Topo" [in production? on hold?]
no entry at IMDb • project entry at Wikipedia

Michael Kang
official weblog • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Kogonada
official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia {empty}
sign up for email newsletter at TinyLetter
Kogonada's video channel at Vimeo
video essay 'Way of {Yasujiro} Ozu': at website • [2/2016 upload; 5:13] at Vimeo
video essay 'Ozu: Passageways': at website • [12/2012 upload; 1:18] at Vimeo

"Columbus" [Superlative Films Aug 2017]

A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma; he meets a young woman who has chosen to stay in Columbus with her recovering addict mother instead of pursuing her own dreams • Written & directed by Kogonada; starring John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Erin Allegretti, Rory Culkin, Jim Dougherty, Caitlin Ewald, Michelle Forbes, Alphaeus Green Jr., Wynn Reichert, Rosalyn R. Ross, Lindsey Shope, Shani Salyers Stiles, Reen Vogel, William Willet DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 6/2017 official trailer [2:05] at YouTube

Barbara Kopple
official website Cabin Creek Films • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Oscar-winner "Harlan County U.S.A." [1976]
"The Making of Harlan County USA" [2006]

Oscar-winner "American Dream" [1990]
http://www.amazon.com/American-Dream-Jesse-Jackson/dp/B0000DZTKP/

George & Mike Kuchar
George Kuchar: IMDb listing [1956-2008] • Wikipedia
Michael John 'Mike' Kuchar: IMDb listing [1956-2009] • Wikipedia

"George & Mike Kuchar: Reflections From A Cinematic Cesspool"
[Zanja Press Dangerous Concepts, 1997] ISBN 0915906341

official website of collaborator Marie Losier

"I, An Actress" [1970] by George Kuchar

"It Came From Kuchar" docu [2009] by Jennifer M. Kroot /tt1303745/

filmmaker Sara Lamm
P.B.S. 'Makers Profiles' short videos of Sara Lamm
http://www.magicsoapbox.com/doc/ + http://www.drbronner.com/
http://www.birthstorymovie.com/

Tom Laughlin [1931-2013]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official 'Billy Jack' website

"The Complete Billy Jack Collection" DVD Box Set [2009] includes restored versions of "Born Losers" [1967] (written by Elizabeth James); "Billy Jack" [1971]; "The Trial of Billy Jack" [1974]; "Billy Jack Goes To Washing-ton" [1977]; extras include eight commentaries; Produced, co-written & directed by and starring Tom Laughlin; co-written by & co-starring Delores Taylor Image Ent. widescreen color DVD set [8/2009] 4 disks for $23.49

"Billy Jack 35th Anniversary Ultimate Collection" [2005] Billy Jack Ent. widescreen color DVD set [9/2005] 5 disks - out of prodn/used includes "Born Losers" [1967]; "Billy Jack" [1971]; "The Trial of Billy Jack" [1974]; "Billy Jack Goes To Washington" [1977]; and a bonus disk with many extras; Produced, co-written & directed by and starring Tom Laughlin; co-written by & co-starring Delores Taylor

"Born Losers" [1967]
"Billy Jack" [1971]
"The Trial of Billy Jack" [1974]
"Billy Jack Goes To Washington" [1977]

"Billy Jack & Jean" [in development]
not listed at IMDb • watch official promo [22:28] at YouTube

William Lewis
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

Barbara Loden [1932-80]
married 1968-80 to writer-director Elia Kazan [1909-2003]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

made only one feature film: "Wanda" [1970]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_(film)

Pare Lorentz  [1905-92]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

I.D.A. Pare Lorentz Film Festival [Oct 2007]

Kent  MacKenzie  [1930-80]
IMDb listing

"The Exiles" [Pathé/Milestone 1961 & 1970 & 2008] U.S.C. student Kent MacKenzie took a non-traditional career direction and developed "The Exiles" in collabo-ration with actual residents of the once-elegant neighborhood of Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles. By the late 1950s, the area had become flophouses and seedy mansions, all slated for demolition for replacement by office towers and the Los Angeles Music Center. The brilliant film never received distribution, though Native American writers & activists considered the film as one of the first works of art to portray modern off-reserva-tion life honestly, and teachers in film schools around the world independently re-discovered the lost b&w masterwork. It was not until filmmaker Thom Andersen used a few of MacKenzie's glowing night scenes in the compilation documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself" [2003], that Hollywood realized the film's worth. Milestone Films acquired the rights from MacKenzie's two daughters, the UCLA Film Archive produced a restored print, and theatrical distribution began in 2008. Bonus features on DVD include Kent Mackenzie shorts "A Skill For Molina" [1960], "Story of A Rodeo Cowboy" [1962], and "Ivan and His Father" [1970]; documentary short "Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Renewal" by Greg Kimble; "White Fawn's Devotion" Native American silent short [1910], plus a DVD-ROM with the script, publicity material, Mackenzie's masters thesis, and more. Produced, written & directed by Kent MacKenzie; re-release 'Presented by Sherman Alexie & Charles Burnett'; starring Homer Nish, Yvonne Williams & Tom Reynolds; listed on the National Film Registry (2009) Oscilloscope/Milestone b&w DVD [11/2009] 2 disks for $27.49 full credits from IMDb • official movie site • film entry at Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's
writer-director Terrence Malick Page

Chris Marker [France; 1921-2012]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Marker is unclassifiable because he is unique . . . The French Cinema has its dramatists and its poets, its technicians,
and its autobiographers, but only has one true essayist: Chris Marker." — film theorist Roy Armes (in 1988)

"The Train Rolls On" Chris Marker docu [France 1973] /tt0067874/
"A Grin Without A Cat" [] by Chris Marker

Maysles Brothers
IMDb listing for Albert Maysles [1926-2015] • IMDb listing for David Maysles [1931-87]
Maysles Brothers entry on Wikipedia

official Maysles Assocs. website
Maysles Institute non-profit [est. 2005]

"Wild Blue Yonder" documentary [indep 2007] Celia Maysles – daughter of David, niece of Arthur, together important pioneers of verité documentary filmmaking – was seven years old when her father died. She uses the techniques of verité documentary filmmaking to explore the past, to find out who her father & uncle were. Co-produced & directed by Celia Maysles video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb producer's film site {requires Apple Quicktime}

"The Direct Cinema of David and Albert Maysles" [2005] by Jonathan B. Vogels Southern IL Univ 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2005] for $39.15

Mekas Brothers
Co-founded Film Culture Magazine in 1955

Adolfas Mekas [1925-2011]
"Hallelujah The Hills" [1963]
"Goldstein" [editor; 1964]
"The Double-Barreled Detective Story" [1965]

Jonas Mekas [b. 1922]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
received the 1992 Mel Novikoff Award [est. 1988] from San Francisco Intl. Film Festival [est. 1954]

"Notes On The Circus" [1966] by Jonas Mekas

"Conversations With Directors: An Anthology of Interviews From Literature/Film Quarterly" [2008] Edited by Elsie M. Walker & David T. Johnson interviewees include: Robert Altman, Frank Capra, René Clair, Martha Coolidge, Wes Craven, Terence Davies & Olivia Stewart, Edward Dmytryk, Federico Fellini, William Friedkin, Richard Leacock, Richard Linklater, Baz Luhrmann, Louis Malle, Jonas Mekas, Marcel Ophüls, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Eric Rohmer, Patricia Rozema, John Schlesinger, Jean-Charles Tacchella, Marcela Fernández Violante, Andrej Wajda, Wayne Wang, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise & Franco Zefferelli Scarecrow Press 9x6 pb [3/2008] for $55.00

sexploitationist  Russ Meyer  [1922-2004]
browse Russ Meyer on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Russ Meyer website
CAM's Russ Meyer fansite

"Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"
original b&w feature film [indep Aug 1965]
DVD • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

Announced 2008: color remake [for 2012? release]
being developed by Quentin Tarantino; latest info at IMDb

Warren  Miller (skiing & surfing films)
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Warren Miller website
Surf Shack Page at Spirit of America

Magic Lantern's Michael Moore  Page

filmmaker-actor  Luis  Moro
Moro Films website • IMDb listing

	"Anne B. Real" [indep U.S. release Oct 2003] Directed by Lisa France; co-written by Luis Moro, Lisa France & Antonio Macia; co-producers Lenny Bier, Josselyne Herman, Luis Moro & Lisa France; co-starring Janice Richardson, Antonio Macia & Luis Moro Universal color DVD [11/2003] for $9.99 full credits from IMDb
	"Love & Suicide" [indep. U.S. release May 2006] Directed by Lisa France, written by Lisa France & Luis Moro; co-producers Luis Moro, Demian Lichtenstein & Steven C. Beer; cinematography by Demian Lichtenstein; starring Kamar De Los Reyes, Luis Moro & Daisy McCrackin DVD available from producers full credits at IMDb official movie site

Errol Morris "Morris's subject is a particular kind of American stupidity – the ability to substitute self-justification for self-knowledge." — critic David Denby browse Errol Morris on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia official Errol Morris website

Announced 9/2012: Three companies – History Films, Radium-TWC, and Participant Media – are banding together to bring the next
Errol Morris project to the big screen; Morris is turning his lens toward former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in
"The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld" • not yet listed at IMDb

"The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography"  
[Neon Releasing June 2017]

Portrait photographer Dorfman is still making 20-inch-by-24-inch portraits using a large-format Polaroid® camera, even though Polaroid shut down its factory in Netherlands in 2008 • Directed by Errol Morris DVD/Blu-ray not yet available credits at IMDb • watch 4/2017 official trailer [2:08] at YouTube

Christopher Münch
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jesus Nebot: official website • IMDb listing

"No Turning Back" [U.S. release June 2003] Co-directed & co-written by Julia Montejo & Jesus Nebot; starring Jesus Nebot & Chelsea Rendon Universal color DVD [3/2004] for $24.28 full credits from IMDb • official movie website

Earl  Owensby
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Earl Owensby Studios

Kimberly  Peirce
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Boys Don't Cry" [1999] Hilary Swank won Oscar
"Stop Loss" [2008]

Polish Brothers – Mark & Michael
Mark's credits at IMDb • Michael's credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Godfrey Reggio
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

"Koyaanisqatsi" [1983] / "Powaqqatsi" [1988] DVD 2-pack Co-written & directed by Godfrey Reggio; music by Philip Glass MGM/UA widescreen DVD [9/2002] 2 disks for $22.49 "Naqoyqatsi: Life Is War" [Miramax/Qatsi Oct 2002] Written & directed by Godfrey Reggio; music by Philip Glass, with cellist Yo-Yo Ma Buena Vista widescreen color DVD [10/2003] for $24.53

more details (synopses, books, posters, music, links) on
Magic Lantern's Godfrey Reggio / 'Qatsi Trilogy' Page

Vanessa Renwick
Oregon Dept. of Kick Ass Film & Video

Lionel Rogosin  [1924-2000]
browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

father of Michael Rogosin
father of Daniel Rogosin

	"On The Bowery" [indep March 1957; Milestone re-release 2011] Partly-scripted docufilm showing the lives of down-and-out residents of New York City's Bowery neighborhood, over two days' time. Produced, co-written & directed by Lionel Rogosin; starring Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews & Ray Salyer; Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, won BAFTA Award for Best Documentary; listed on the National Film Registry (2008) full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia
	"Come Back, Africa" [indep April 1960; Milestone re-release 2012] Documentary about apartheid in South Africa co-produced, co-written & directed by Lionel Rogosin; digital restoration in 2012; featuring Zacharia Mgabi & singer Miriam Makeba full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 8/2011 trailer [2:22] at YouTube
	"The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume I" Box Sets [2014] Milestone widescreen color Blu-ray set [2/2012] 2 disks for $22.96 Milestone widescreen color DVD set [2/2012] 2 disks for $19.96 contains Disc One: "On The Bowery" docufilm [1957] by Lionel Rogosin; "Martin Scorsese Intro"; "The Street of Forgotten Men" silent feature film [Famous Players-Lasky 1925]; "Bowery Men's Shelter" 10-minute short [1972]; "The Perfect Team: The Making of On The Bowery" 47-minute docufilm [2009] by Rogosin’s son Michael; "A Walk Through The Bowery" [2009]; 2010 "On the Bowery" theatrical trailer; Disc Two: 70-minute "Good Times, Wonderful Times" [1966] by Lionel Rogosin - 'one of the great antiwar films of the VietNam Era'; "Out" [1957] about refugees fleeing to Austria in the aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; "Man's Peril: The Making of Good Times, Wonderful Times" [2008] by Michael Rogosin
	"The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II" Box Sets [2014] Milestone b&w Blu-ray set [2/2014] 2 disks for $34.99 Milestone b&w DVD set [2/2014] 2 disks for $29.99 contains Disc One: "Come Back, Africa" 86-minute feature documentary [South Africa 1959, restored 2000] with subtitles; 2-minute "A Martin Scorsese Introduction" [2000]; "An American In Sophiatown: The Making of Come Back, Africa" 64-minute feature documentary [2007] directed by Michael Rogosin & Lloyd Ross; 19-minute radio interview "Lionel Rogosin Talks About Come Back, Africa" [1978]; "Come Back, Africa" theatrical trailer [2:00]; Disc Two: 63-minute "Black Roots" [USA 1970] with subtitles; 27-minute "Bitter Sweet Stories: A Documentary On The Making of Black Roots" [?] directed by Michael Rogosin; 74-minute "Have You Seen Drum Recently?" [1989] directed by Jürgen Schadeberg, starring Miriam Makeba

sexploitationist  Joseph W. Sarno  [1921-2010]
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"Inga" [Sweden 1971] /tt0067508/ & /B00005Y71B/
"Young Playthings" [1972] /tt0069527/
"Confessions of A Young American Housewife" [1974] /tt0069914/
"a mini-masterpiece" per critic Richard Corliss

http://www.amazon.com/Joe-Sarno-Girl-Meets-Trilogy/dp/B00080ETWM/

John Sayles
"When I was really young I didn’t know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories." — John Sayles
browse John Sayles on DVD • browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official John Sayles website

performance artist & experimental filmmaker
Jack Smith [1932-89]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Flaming Creatures" featurette [1963] /tt0054880/

"Normal Love" feature film [1963]

"Silent Shadows: 56 Ludlow Street, 1962-64" in 2 volumes [1999]
http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Shadows-Cinemaroc-Island-1962-1964/dp/B00000G4T2/

"Jack Smith and The Destruction of Atlantis" docufilm [2006]

"Wait For Me At The Bottom of The Pool: The Writings of Jack Smith" [9/2008] /1852424281/

Kevin Smith
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production company View Askew website

Mark Street
production company website • IMDb listing

Joshua Tickell  lives near Ojai, California
official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"From The Fryer To The Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide To Using Vegetable Oil As An Alternative Fuel" [1998?] by Joshua Tickell Tickell Energy Consultants 3rd edition pb [12/2000] for $24.95
	"Biodiesel America: How To Achieve Energy Security, Free America From Middle-East Oil Dependence & Make Money Growing Fuel" [2005] by Joshua Tickell Tickell Energy Consultants pb [7/2005] for $34.95
	"Fields of Fuel" documentary feature [festival circuit 2008] America is addicted to petroleum and it is time for an intervention. Eco-evangelist filmmaker Josh Ticknell, a man with a plan and a Veggie Van, tells the story of biodiesel – made from vegetable oil, it is non-toxic, has low carbon dioxide emissions, and can ultimately replace all liquid fuels used in the United States. Tickell takes on big oil, big government, and big soy to find solutions in places few people have looked. Co-produced by Rebecca Harrell Tickell; directed by Joshua Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring attorney William Baggett, Roger Ballentine, Richard Branson, Dr. Colin Campbell, Larry David, Laurie Lennard David, Cong. Eliot Engel [D-NY], Dr. Hermann Frassen, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Ken Hern, activist Jim Hightower, Oliver Houck, Cong. Jay Inslee [D-WA], Jack Johnson, David Kittelson, Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR], Dr. Gal Luft, Bill Mack, Robert McCormick, John McElroy, Robert McFar-lane, Dr. William Moomaw, Willie Nelson, Michael Noble, Julia Roberts, Florence Robinson, Chris Sanders, Dr. Bill Shepard, singer Smudo, Swedish Minister Lena Sommestadt, James Woolsey, Neil Young & attorney Beth Zilbert DVD/Blu-ray not available • Amazon Instant Video [2008] rental $2.99, purchase $9.99 full credits at IMDb
	"Fuel" documentary feature [Greenlight Sept 2009] The 11-year personal journey of filmmaker & eco-evangelist Josh Tickell, focusing on inspiring viewers, by looking into our future and offering hope via a wide-range of renewable energy & bio-fuel solutions. Directed by Joshua Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Joshua Tickell, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Richard Branson, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Robert Kennedy Jr., Willie Nelson, Julia Roberts & Neil Young Cinema Libre Studio widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2011] for $18.93 Cinema Libre Studio widescreen color DVD [6/2010] for $16.93 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch official trailer [2:04] at YouTube
	"Freedom: An Adventure To Uncover A Shocking Solution To America's Oil Addiction" TV documentary [Canada Aug 2011] Film focuses on alcohol fuel; was broadcast on the SuperChannel in Canada Co-produced & co-directed by Rebecca Harrell Tickell; co-directed by Joshua Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Ed Begley Jr., Tracy Mork, Jason Mraz, Michelle Rodriguez & Amy Smart Green Planet Prodns color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used credits at IMDb • watch official trailer [1:40] at YouTube
	"The Big Fix" documentary feature [LionsGate VOD release June 2012] "The truth is deep beneath the surface" 89-minute Gulf megaspill documentary was acquired by video-on-demand distribution company GoDigital, with LionsGate handling the same-day cable release. Co-produced, co-directed & co-hosted by Joshua Tickell & Rebecca Harrell Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Peter Fonda (co-pro-ducer), Amy Smart, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Jeff Goodell, Chris Hedges, David Korten, Nomi Prins, Sen. Bernie Sanders Green Planet Prodns color DVD [6/2012] for $17.10 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [2:15] at YouTube
	"Pump: The Movie" documentary feature [Submarine Deluxe Sept 2014] Documentary from the director of 'Fuel' and 'The Big Fix' that offers real alternatives to fossil fuels Co-produced & directed by Joshua Tickell & Rebecca Harrell Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Dr. Greg Anderson, Edwin Black, John Brackett, Todd Bradshaw, Daniel Ceasar, Alex Conger, Luiz 'Lula' da Silva, John Paul DeJoria (co-producer), Michael Dunne, Rogelio Goldfarb, Peter Goldmark, L. Hendricks, Andy Hernandez, David Hoffpay, John Hofmeister, Roland Hwang, Dr. Martin Jacques, Amy Meyers Jaffee, Marcos Jank, D.E. Johnson, Kevin Kidwell, Anne Korin, Zhang Ling, Luiz Paz Lins, Amory Lovins, Wladmin Martins, Chen Meng, Elon Musk {of Tesla Motors}, Cheryl & Phil Near, Dr. Raymond Pierrehumbert, Marc J. Rauch, author Jeremy Rifkin, Tom Rolfstad, Zhang Shenhua, Tina Soares, K.C. Tran, Theophilus Walker, Faye & John & Suzy Zhang & Dr. Robert Zubrin DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [2:14] at YouTube

"Good Fortune: The Official Biography of John Paul DeJoria" [in production, release 2016]  
subject is co-founder of Paul Mitchell Systems hair products and of Patrón Tequila • latest info at IMDb

Melvin Van Peebles
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"Baadassssss!" aka "How To Get The Man's Foot Outta Your Ass" [Sony May 2004] Mario's documentary/homage to his father's historic 1971 film that was key in birthing Independent Black Cinema. Co-written & directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles (based on the book, below) Sony widescreen color DVD [9/2004] for $17.99 Sony color VHS [1/2005] out of prodn/used B.B.E. soundtrack CD [6/2004] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb official movie site {requires Flash} movie entry at Wikipedia
	"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto" [2004] by Melvin Van Peebles Thunder's Mouth Press mass pb [8/2004] for $11.86
	"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"  [indep April 1971] Written, co-produced, directed & edited by and starring Melvin Van Peebles, with Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan & young Mario Van Peebles Xenon color DVD [1/2003] for $17.99 Xenon color VHS [2/2002] out of prodn/used Stax soundtrack CD [11/99] 2 disks / out of prodn/rare 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia screenplay, diaries & soundtrack CD Interlink pb [9/96] out of print/used

Melvin's son actor-director  Mario Van Peebles
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John Waters
browse John Waters on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Dreamland fansite

"Pink Flamingos" [1972]
"Female Trouble" [1974]
"Hairspray" [1988]
"Hairspray: The Musical" [2007]

Frederick Wiseman
DVDs of Frederick Wiseman {sloppy results} at Amazon • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Crazy Horse" [France Oct 2011, Zipporah Films USA Jan 2012] 134-minute documentary by American filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about the history & venue & nude dancers of the Le Crazy Horse de Paris revue in Paris, France. Co-produced & directed by Frederick Wiseman DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • distributor's official movie page

musician & filmmaker Neil Young
Neil Young Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
browse music • official website • entry at Wikipedia

Movies Section on the Neil Young Page • Neil Young's credits at IMDb

Jessica  Yu IMDb listing • Wikipedia

1997 Oscar Acceptance Speech: "You know you've entered new territory
when your outfit cost more than your film."

"Last Call At The Oasis" [Participant Media / A.T.O. 2011] Illuminates the vital role that water plays in our lives, exposing the defects in the current system and depicting communities already struggling with its ill-effects. Co-produced, written & directed by Jessica Yu; featuring Jay Famiglietti, Peter H. Gleick, Tyrone Hayes, Alex Prud’homme, Robert Glennon & eco-activist Erin Brockovich-Ellis DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • official trailer {Quicktime}

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