# Ernie Gehr

> Ernie Gehr is an American experimental filmmaker closely associated with the Structural film movement of the 1970s. A self-taught artist, Gehr was inspired to begin making films in the 1960s after chancing upon a screening of a Stan Brakhage film. Gehr's film Serene Velocity (1970) has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Gehr served as faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute.

*American filmmaker (born 1943)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1943-07-20
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ernie Gehr is an American experimental filmmaker closely associated with the Structural film movement of the 1970s. A self-taught artist, Gehr was inspired to begin making films in the 1960s after chancing upon a screening of a Stan Brakhage film. Gehr's film Serene Velocity (1970) has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Gehr served as faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute.

## Fame
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## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311780/ (@nm0311780)

## Sources
- [Ernie Gehr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Gehr)
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- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1085042)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3057302)

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