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Kenneth Anger

American filmmaker (1927-2023) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 96

Kenneth Anger was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and writer. 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".

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2023Died11 May 20232019Anton LaVey: Into the Devil's DenFilm, Himself201042 One Dream RushFilm, Director2008Ich will!Film, Director2006Anger MeFilm, Himself2002The Man We Want to HangFilm, Director1999Don't Smoke That CigaretteFilm, Director1998SexTVSeries1996Maya Deren AwardAward1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century FilmmakerFilm1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeFilm1971Rabbit's MoonFilm, Director, Writer1969Invocation of My Demon BrotherFilm, Director, Writer1964Scorpio RisingFilm, Director, Writer1960The DeadFilm1958L'Age d'OrAward1953Eaux d'ArtificeFilm, Director, Producer1947FireworksFilm, Director, Writer1927Born3 February 1927

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  • Lucifer Rising 1974
  • Scorpio Rising 1964
  • The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome 1954
  • Kustom Kar Kommandos 1965
  • Fireworks 1947

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Filmography 40

114 credits on file

Television 1

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Awards

Maya Deren Award1996
L'Age d'Or1958

About this person

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.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2023 · aged 96

In the same film or series as Kenneth

Jimmy PageAlso in Lucifer Rising (1974)Jeordie WhiteAlso in Night of Pan (2009)Sergei BodrovAlso in 42 One Dream Rush (2010)