Ira Cohen

Born: 1935-02-03

Ira Cohen was an American poet, publisher, photographer and filmmaker. Cohen lived in Morocco and in New York City in the 1960s, he was in Kathmandu in the 1970s and traveled the world in the 1980s, before returning to New York, where he spent the rest of his life.


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The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

as The Majoon Traveler, Death
Released: 1968-01-07

At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of...

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Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

as Self
Released: 2013-04-04

The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and...

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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

as Self
Released: 2007-04-11

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker...

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FLicKeR

as Self
Released: 2009-07-14

In 1960, Brion Gysin invented the Dream Machine, a hypnotic light device with the power to...

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Excavating Taylor Mead

as Self
Released: 2005-10-08

The film icon/Andy Warhol darling is interviewed is his legendary cluttered apartment.

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The Stone Age

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-31

"The question is, it is either going to be a stoned age or a new Stone Age" - Louis Brigante

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Joan of Arc

as Self
Released: 1967-01-10

The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is...

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Played for Real - Ira Cohen

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-01

A short documentary on Ira Cohen.

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The Invisible Father

as Self (archival footage)
Released: 2021-03-19

In the 1960s, beat poet and experimental filmmaker Piero Heliczer helped shape New American...

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