Filmmakers

Robert Breer

Birth:
Sept. 30, 1926 (Detroit, Michigan)

Death:
Aug. 11, 2011 (Tucson, Arizona)

Official Website:
None

Major Works:
Atoz (2000)
Time Flies (1997)
A Frog on the Swing (1989)
Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons (1980)
Lmno (1978)
Rubber Cement (1976)
Gulls and Buoys (1972)
69 (1968)
66 (1966)
Fist Fight (1964)
Breathing (1963)
Pat’s Birthday (1962)
Horse Over Tea Kettle (1962)
Blazes (1961)
Inner and Outer Space (1960)
Homage to Jean Tinguely’s Hommage to New York (1960)
Eyewash (1958-59)
A Man and His Dog Out for Air (1957)
Par Avion (1957)
Jamestown Baloos (1957)
Recreation II (1956-57)
Recreation I (1956-57)
Cats (1956)
Motion Pictures (1956)
Image by Images IV (1956)
Image by Images III (1955)
Image by Images II (1955)
A Miracle (1954)
Image by Images I (1954)
Form Phases IV (1954)
Form Phases III (1953)
Form Phases II (1953)
Form Phases I (1953)

Years Working:
1953 — 1959
1960 — 1966

Notes:
Started artistic career as a painter in Paris from 1949 to ’59.

Studied engineering at Stanford.

Produced segments on European art for David Brinkley’s Journal TV show.

Produced animated segments for The Electric Company PBS children’s show.

Teaches animation at Cooper Union in NYC.

1987: Recipient of AFI’s Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award.

Online Resources:
IMDB: Profile
Animation World News: Biography
Chicago Reader: Career Overview

Film Books About Robert Breer:
An Introduction to the American Underground Film by Sheldon Renan (E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1967) (Published simultaneously in Canada by Clarke, Irwin and Company, Limited, Toronto and Vancouver) (pp. 129-133.)

Video:
None

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