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Kenneth Anger

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Writer | * 02/03/1927 († 96, 05/11/2023) | Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA))
Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927 – May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle". Anger's films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle". He has been called "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers", with several films released before homosexuality was legalized in the U.S. Anger also explored occult themes in many of his films; he was fascinated by the English occultist Aleister Crowley and an adherent of Thelema, the religion Crowley founded. Born in a middle-class Presbyterian family in Santa Monica, California, Anger later claimed to have been a child actor who appeared in the film A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); the accuracy of this claim is disputed. He began making short films when he was 14 years old, although his first film to gain any recognition was the homoerotic Fireworks (1947). The work's controversial nature led to his trial on obscenity c... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Fantasy | Music

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Awards & Nominations for Kenneth Anger

Maya Deren Award Prix De L'Âge d'Or
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Movies with Kenneth Anger as Actor(25)

as himself2017 Mansfield 66/67
as Lucifer (segment "Night of Pan")2010 42 One Dream Rush
as Lucifer2009 Night of Pan
as himself2009 FLicKeR
as himself2006 Notes on Marie Menken
as himself2006 Anger Me
as himself1997 Birth of a Nation
as himself1994 Jonas in the Desert
as The Magus1981 Lucifer Rising
as himself1970 Langlois
as The Magus (uncredited)1969 Invocation of My Demon Brother
as Dreamer (uncredited)1947 Fireworks

TV Shows/Series with Kenneth Anger as Actor(2)

1998 SexTV
as himself1975 Arena

Movies with Kenneth Anger as Crew(59)

Directing/Director2019 Magick Lantern Cycle
Directing/Director2013 Airships 1, 2, 3
Directing/Director2010 42 One Dream Rush
Directing/Director2010 Missoni
Directing/Director2009 Brush of Baphomet
Directing/Director2008 Ich will!
Directing/Director2007 My Surfing Lucifer
Directing/Director2004 Mouse Heaven
Directing/Director2004 Anger Sees Red
Writing/Writer2004 Anger Sees Red
Directing/Director2002 The Man We Want to Hang
Directing/Director2000 Hollywood Babylon
Directing/Director2000 Don't Smoke That Cigarette
Directing/Director1981 Lucifer Rising
Editing/Editor1981 Lucifer Rising
Directing/Director1976 Senators in Bondage
Editing/Editor1976 Senators in Bondage
Production/Producer1976 Senators in Bondage
Writing/Writer1976 Senators in Bondage
Writing/Novel1972 Hollywood Babylon
Crew/Cinematography1971 Rabbit's Moon
Directing/Director1971 Rabbit's Moon
Editing/Editor1971 Rabbit's Moon
Writing/Writer1971 Rabbit's Moon
Camera/Director of Photography1969 Invocation of My Demon Brother
Camera/Camera Operator1969 Invocation of My Demon Brother
Directing/Director1969 Invocation of My Demon Brother
Crew/Cinematography1965 Kustom Kar Kommandos
Directing/Director1965 Kustom Kar Kommandos
Editing/Editor1965 Kustom Kar Kommandos
Writing/Writer1965 Kustom Kar Kommandos
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Scorpio Rising
Directing/Director1963 Scorpio Rising
Editing/Editor1963 Scorpio Rising
Writing/Writer1963 Scorpio Rising
Crew/Cinematography1953 Eaux d'artifice
Directing/Director1953 Eaux d'artifice
Editing/Editor1953 Eaux d'artifice
Production/Producer1953 Eaux d'artifice
Directing/Director1949 Puce Moment
Editing/Editor1949 Puce Moment
Production/Producer1949 Puce Moment
Writing/Writer1949 Puce Moment
Directing/Director1947 Escape Episode
Directing/Director1947 Fireworks
Editing/Editor1947 Fireworks
Writing/Writer1947 Fireworks
Directing/Director1943 The Nest
Directing/Director1942 Tinsel Tree
Directing/Director1942 Prisoner of Mars
Writing/Writer1942 Prisoner of Mars
Directing/Director1941 Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat

Born: Thursday, 02/03 1927 (February) in Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 05/11 2023 (May) in Yucca Valley (aged: 96)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Kenneth Anger (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"ケネス・アンガー"
"Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer"
Kenneth Anger frequently works together with these people:
Jonas Mekas (13x, Crew)
Brian Butler (7x, Crew)
Stan Brakhage (4x, Crew)
Anthony Wall (4x, Crew)
Andy Warhol (4x, Crew)
Bobby Beausoleil (4x, Actor)
Asia Argento (3x, Actress)
Ken Jacobs (3x, Crew)
Peter Kubelka (3x, Actor)
Hermann Nitsch (3x, Actor)
Marie Menken (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:241260, Added: 08/07/2018, Last updated: 02/29/2024