Hollis Frampton

American filmmaker (1936-1984)

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Lived 1936–1984, aged 48United States
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    1936–1984
    Aged 48
  • Known for
    As I Was Moving Ahead,…
    2000
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Updated 2026-06-20

Hollis William Frampton Jr. was an American avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, writer, theoretician, and pioneer of digital art. He was best known for his innovative and non-linear structural films that defined the movement, including Lemon (1969), Zorns Lemma (1970), and Hapax Legomena (1971–1972), as well as his anthology book, Circles of Confusion: Film, Photography, Video: Texts, 1968–1980 (1983).

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