Morgan Fisher

Born: 1942-01-01

Morgan Fisher is an American experimental filmmaker and artist best known for his structuralist and minimalist films referencing the material processes of celluloid film and the means and methods of producing moving images, including the camera, the director and crew, and the editing process. Fisher's work has been noted for its relationship to the Southern California landscape and its architecture during a time when the region was staking an aesthetic and intellectual claim in the larger art world. Since the 1990s, Fisher has also been producing paintings and installation works. His work has been included in three Whitney Biennial exhibitions, 1985, 2004 and 2014. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987.


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Messiah of Evil

as Townsperson
Released: 1973-05-02

A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town...

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Remembering Messiah of Evil

as himself
Released: 2009-10-27

Documentary on the making of "Messiah of Evil," the surreal horror cult classic written by...

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Releasing Human Energies

as narration
Released: 2012-01-01

“A film about control. A refinement of energy for purposes of conserving resources, materials,...

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Standard Gauge

as uncredited
Released: 1986-02-14

Standard Gauge is an autobiographical film that examines Morgan Fisher’s work as an editor in...

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Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place

as F.P.A.
Released: 1982-04-24

In 1963, living a routine life on Norma Place in Los Angeles, recluse writer Dorothy Parker and...

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