- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 3, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Died
- May 11, 2023
Kenneth Anger
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 …
Filmography
movie24 Hour Sunset
2023
movieBabylon
2022 · Original Story
movieAnton LaVey: Into the Devil's Den
2019 · Himself
movieCinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger
2019
movie72 Hours In André Balazs’ Chateau Marmont With Kenneth Anger
2018 · Self
movieMansfield 66/67
2017 · Self
movieSatan Lives
2015 · Self
movieThe 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
movieTechnicolor Skull
2014 · Director
Airships
movieAirships
2013 · Director
movie42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Lucifer, Director
movieMissoni
2010 · Director
movieFLicKeR
2009 · Self
movieBrush of Baphomet
2009 · Director
movieNight of Pan
2009 · Lucifer
movieIch will!
2008 · Director
movieForeplay
2008 · Director
Uniform Attraction
movieUniform Attraction
2008 · Director
movie365 Day Project
2007 · Self
movieThe Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two
2007 · , Director, Writer
Disinfo.Con
movieDisinfo.Con
2007 · Self
movieThe Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One
2007 · , Director, Writer
movieMy Surfing Lucifer
2007 · Director
movieElliott's Suicide
2007 · Director
movieI'll Be Watching You
2007 · Director, Writer
movieAnger Me
2006 · Himself
Notes on Marie Menken
movieNotes on Marie Menken
2006 · Self
movieHedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
2006
Anger Sees Red
movieAnger Sees Red
2004 · Director, Writer
movieMouse Heaven
2004 · Director
movieThe Spells of Kenneth Anger
2003 · himself
movieBusby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
2003 · Self
movieThe Man We Want to Hang
2002 · Director
movieAdded Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Self (uncredited)
movieRescued from the Closet
2001 · Self
movieDon't Smoke That Cigarette
1999 · Director
SexTV
tvSexTV
1998
movieA Spy in the House of Love
1998 · Himself
movieThe Beach Boys and The Satan
1997 · Self
movieBirth of a Nation
1997 · Self
movieDarryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995 · Self
movieJonas in the Desert
1994 · Self
movieKenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon
1991 · Himself
movieHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
movieThe Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
1982 · Self
movieRabbit's Moon
1979 · Director
Senators in Bondage
movieSenators in Bondage
1976 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieLucifer Rising
1974 · The Magus (uncredited), Director, Editor, Producer
movieMagick Lantern Cycle
1974 · Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director of Photography
Look Back at Anger
movieLook Back at Anger
1974 · Self
movieHollywood Babylon
1972 · Book
movieRabbit's Moon
1971 · Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
movieLanglois
1970 · Self
movieKenneth Anger: Film as Magical Ritual
1970 · Himself
movieInvocation of My Demon Brother
1969 · The Magick (uncredited), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieKustom Kar Kommandos
1965 · Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
movieScorpio Rising
1964 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
movieArabesque for Kenneth Anger
1961
movieThe Dead
1960
movieThe Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
1954 · Hecate, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieEaux d'Artifice
1953 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
moviePuce Moment
1949 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieFireworks
1947 · Dreamer (uncredited), Director, Writer, Editor
Escape Episode
movieEscape Episode
1947 · Director
The Nest
movieThe Nest
1943 · Director
Prisoner of Mars
moviePrisoner of Mars
1942 · , Director, Writer
Tinsel Tree
movieTinsel Tree
1942 · Director
movieWho Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat
1941 · Director, Writer