Over the course of more than five decades, the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced a large body of work. All films in the filmography are assumed to be silent, in color, and are meant to be shown at 24 frames per second, unless otherwise noted. The Brakhage films, comprising his edited originals, intermediate elements, and other original material, are housed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive, where a long-term project is underway to preserve and restore his entire film output.

Fifty-six of these films are available on DVD (as two separate volumes) and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.

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1950s Notes During the late 1950s, Brakhage worked on several industrial films, many of them for the city of Pittsburgh.

+ Stan Brakhage 1950s' filmography Year Title Format Length Notes 1952 Interim 16 mm minutes Black-and-white; features music by James Tenney 1953 The Boy and the Sea 16 mm 2 minutes Black-and-white Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection 16 mm 29 minutes Black-and-white 1954 Desistfilm 16 mm 7 minutes Black-and-white, sound The Extraordinary Child 16 mm 13 minutes Black-and-white The Way to Shadow Garden 16 mm minutes Black-and-white, sound 1955 In Between 16 mm minutes First color film; features music by John Cage Reflections on Black 16 mm 12 minutes Black-and-white, sound Untitled film of Geoffrey Holder’s Wedding 16 mm Unknown Co-directed with Larry Jordan The Wonder Ring 16 mm 6 minutes 1955–1956 Gnir Rednow 16 mm 6 minutes Co-directed with Joseph Cornell Centuries of June 16 mm 6 minutes Co-directed with Joseph Cornell; also known as Tower House, Bolts of Melody, Portrait of June, and June 1956 Flesh of Morning 16 mm 22 minutes Black-and-white, sound; revised by Brakhage in 1986 Nightcats 16 mm 8 minutes Zone Moment 16 mm 3 minutes 1957 Daybreak and White Eye 16 mm 8 minutes Black-and-white, sound Loving 16 mm 5 minutes 1958 Anticipation of the Night 16 mm 40 minutes 1959 Cat's Cradle 16 mm 6 minutes Sirius Remembered 16 mm 11 minutes Wedlock House: An Intercourse 16 mm 11 minutes Black-and-white Window Water Baby Moving 16 mm 12 minutes

1960s + Stan Brakhage 1960s' filmography Year Title Format Length Notes 1960 Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself 16 mm 42 minutes Adaptation of Mr. Tompkins book by George Gamow The Dead 16 mm 11 minutes 1961 Thigh Line Lyre Triangular 16 mm 6 minutes Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie 16 mm 4 minutes Dog Star Man: Prelude 16 mm 25 minutes Part of Dog Star Man cycle 1962 Blue Moses 16 mm 10 minutes Black-and-white, sound Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender 16 mm 2 minutes Black-and-white, sound 1962–1963 Sartre's Nausea 16 mm 4 minutes Black-and-white; title is a reference to Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre 1962 Dog Star Man: Part 1 16 mm 31 minutes Part of Dog Star Man cycle 1963 Mothlight 16 mm 3 minutes Oh Life, A Woe Story, The A-Test News 16 mm 6 minutes Black-and-white Dog Star Man: Part 2 16 mm 6 minutes Part of Dog Star Man cycle 1964 Dog Star Man: Part 3 16 mm 8 minutes Part of Dog Star Man cycle Dog Star Man: Part 4 16 mm 6 minutes Part of Dog Star Man cycle Song 1 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 2 & Song 3 8 mm minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 4 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 5 8 mm minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 6 & Song 7 8 mm minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 8 8 mm minutes Part of Songs cycle 1965 The Art of Vision 16 mm 270 minutes Expanded version of the Dog Star Man cycle, using the same footage Black Vision 16 mm 3 minutes Black-and-white Fire of Waters 16 mm 7 minutes Black-and-white, sound Pasht 16 mm 5 minutes Three Films: Blue White, Blood’s Tone, Vein 16 mm 9 minutes Two: Creeley/McClure 16 mm 3 minutes The Female Mystique and Spare Leaves (For Gordon) 16 mm 5 minutes Song 9 & Song 10 8 mm 7 minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 11 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 12 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 13 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 14 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle 15 Song Traits 8 mm minutes Part of Songs cycle Song 16 8 mm 7 minutes Part of Songs cycle Songs 17 & 18 8 mm 5 minutes Part of Songs cycle Songs 19 & 20 8 mm 8 minutes Part of Songs cycle Songs 21 & 22 8 mm 6 minutes Part of Songs cycle 1966–1967 23rd Psalm Branch 8 mm 69 minutes Part of Songs cycle; Brakhage later released the film as two halves under the names 23rd Psalm Branch: Part 1 (1979) and 23rd Psalm Branch: Part 2 (1980) 1967 Scenes from Under Childhood (Section One) 16 mm minutes Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle; available in versions with and without sound Eye Myth 35 mm 9 seconds 1968 The Horseman, the Woman and the Moth 16 mm 19 minutes Love Making 16 mm 36 minutes Songs 24 & 25 8 mm minutes Part of Songs cycle; reissued in 16 mm in 1984 Song 26 8 mm 8 minutes Part of Songs cycle; reissued in 16 mm in 1984 My Mtn. Song 27 8 mm 8 minutes Part of Songs cycle; reissued in a 20 minute-version on 16 mm in 1987 1969 Song 27 (Part II) Rivers 8 mm 26 minutes Part of Songs cycle; reissued on 16 mm in 1988 Song 28 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle; reissued on 16 mm in 1985 Song 29 8 mm 3 minutes Part of Songs cycle; reissued on 16 mm in 1985 American 30's Song 8 mm 35 minutes Part of Songs cycle; running time given is for 18 frames per second Window Suite of Children’s Songs 8 mm 24 minutes Part of Songs cycle. Scenes from Under Childhood (Section Two) 16 mm 40 minutes Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle Scenes from Under Childhood (Section Three) 16 mm 25 minutes Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle

Industrial films and other works In the early 1960s, Brakhage directed several industrial and educational films, including two for the state of Colorado. He also directed commercials for Rural Electric of Dakota. In 1969, Brakhage served as cinematographer on the short film Nuptiae, directed by James Broughton.

1970s + Stan Brakhage 1970s' filmography Year Title Format Length Notes 1970 Scenes from Under Childhood (Section Four) 16 mm 45 minutes Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle The Weir-Falcon Saga 16 mm 29 minutes The Machine of Eden 16 mm minutes Animals of Eden and After 16 mm 35 minutes Sexual Meditation #1: Motel Super 8 6 minutes 18 frames per second; part of Sexual Meditations cycle 1971 eyes 16 mm 35 minutes Part of the "Pittsburgh Trilogy" Deus Ex 16 mm 33 minutes Part of the "Pittsburgh Trilogy" The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes 16 mm 32 minutes Part of the "Pittsburgh Trilogy" Wecht 16 mm 3 minutes Angels 16 mm 2 minutes Door 16 mm minutes Fox Fire Child Watch 16 mm 3 minutes The Peaceable Kingdom 16 mm 8 minutes Western History 16 mm 8 minutes The Trip to Door 16 mm minutes Sexual Meditation: Room with View 16 mm 4 minutes Part of Sexual Meditations cycle 1972 The Presence 16 mm minutes Eye Myth Educational 16 mm 2 minutes Uses footage from Eye Myth Sexual Meditation: Faun's Room, Yale 16 mm 3 minutes Part of Sexual Meditations cycle Sexual Meditation: Office Suite 16 mm 4 minutes Part of Sexual Meditations cycle Sexual Meditation: Hotel 16 mm minutes Part of Sexual Meditations cycle Sexual Meditation: Open Field 16 mm 6 minutes Part of Sexual Meditations cycle The Process 16 mm 9 minutes The Riddle of Lumen 16 mm 13 minutes The Shores of Phos: A Fable 16 mm 10 minutes The Wold Shadow 16 mm minutes 1973 Gift 16 mm 3 minutes The Women 16 mm minutes Sincerity I 16 mm 27 minutes Part of Sincerity cycle 1974 Aquarien 16 mm 3 minutes Clancy 16 mm minutes Dominion 16 mm 4 minutes Flight 16 mm minutes "He was born, he suffered, he died." 16 mm minutes Hymn to Her 16 mm minutes Skein 16 mm 5 minutes Sol 16 mm 4 minutes Star Garden 16 mm 22 minutes The Text of Light 16 mm 71 minutes The Stars are Beautiful 16 mm 19 minutes Sound 1975 Short Films: 1975 16 mm 38 minutes A collection of ten works ranging from 2 1/2 to 6 minutes in length that Brakhage distributed as a single piece. "Jane's Memory" "Dante's Styx" "Hollis Frampton" "Jane's Memory" "Niagara Falls" "Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles" "Turning the Raccoon Loose" "Small Town Streets" "Forest Love Scene" "Painted Lightning" Sincerity II 16 mm 38 minutes Part of Sincerity cycle 1976 Gadflies Super 8 minutes 18 frames per second Sketches Super 8 9 minutes 18 frames per second Window Super 8/16 mm minutes 18 frames per second Trio Super 8/16 mm minutes 18 frames per second Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane Super 8/16 mm minutes 18 frames per second Desert Super 8/16 mm 11 minutes 18 frames per second Highs Super 8/16 mm 7 minutes 18 frames per second Airs Super 8/16 mm 24 minutes 18 frames per second Absence Super 8/16 mm 8 minutes 18 frames per second Short Films: 1976 16 mm 25 minutes The Dream, NYC, The Return, The Flower Super 8/16 mm minutes 18 frames per second Tragoedia 16 mm 35 minutes 1977 The Domain of the Moment 16 mm minutes The Governor 16 mm minutes Soldiers and Other Cosmic Objects 16 mm 22 minutes 1978 Bird 16 mm 4 minutes Burial Path 16 mm 15 minutes 18 frames per second Centre 16 mm 13 minutes 18 frames per second Nightmare Series 16 mm 20 minutes Purity and After 16 mm 5 minutes 18 frames per second Sluice 16 mm 6 minutes 18 frames per second Duplicity I 16 mm 23 minutes Part of Duplicity cycle Duplicity II 16 mm 20 minutes Part of Duplicity cycle Thot-Fal’N 16 mm 9 minutes 18 frames per second Sincerity III 16 mm 35 minutes Part of Sincerity cycle 1979 @ 16 mm 6 minutes 18 frames per second Creation 16 mm 17 minutes 18 frames per second I 16 mm 6 minutes 18 frames per second; part of the "Roman Numeral Series" (also called the "Romans") II 16 mm 9 minutes 18 frames per second; part of the "Roman Numeral Series" (also called the "Romans") III 16 mm 2 minutes 18 frames per second; part of the "Roman Numeral Series" (also called the "Romans") IV 16 mm 2 minutes 18 frames per second; part of the "Roman Numeral Series" (also called the "Romans") V 16 mm 3 minutes 18 frames per second; part of the "Roman Numeral Series" (also called the "Romans")

Other missing works Around 1979, Brakhage produced as many as five films using the Polavision developed by Polaroid. These films are estimated to have been about minutes each in length. Their present whereabouts are unknown.

1980s