Man Ray
Know for: Directing
Born: 1890-08-27
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as:
Un été à la Garoupe (2020)
La Garoupe, a beach in Antibes, in 1937. For one summer, the painter and photographer Man Ray films his friends Pablo Picasso, Dora Maar, Paul Eluard...
Man Ray et les équations shakespeariennes (1970)
About Special Effects (2001)
This film deals with the theme of the heritage left to the underground cinema by the historical avant-garde.
Entr'acte (1924)
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes....
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by...
Dog Duet (1975)
"In the piece we see the two dogs staring at the camera in a dark room. Their eyes are intently following something off camera. Sometimes their head...
William Wegman: Video Work 1970-1999 (2006)
From 1970-1977 William Wegman created some of the most innovative and important works in the history of video. These early pioneering tapes were...
Lee Miller: Through the Mirror (1996)
Biographical documentary of Lee Miller (aka Elizabeth Miller, 1907-1977), her early years in USA under her father's influence, later became a model...
Dadascope (1961)
Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed...
Dada (1969)
1967 film directed by Greta Deseson about the Dada art movement. Featuring Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Hans Richter and Gabrièle...
Grimace (1967)
Produced over several years between 1962 and 1967, Grimaces shows the faces of over a hundred artists, gallery owners and critics grimacing to the...
Poison (1933)
Short black and white surrealist film from Man Ray starring himself and Meret Oppenheim.
Self-Portrait or What We All Miss (1930)
Mix of surrealist images of bubbles and smoke with some documentation of the world lived by Man Ray and Lee Miller.
La Garoupe (1937)
Home movie from Man Ray while on vacation with Pablo Picasso, Paul, Nusch and Cecile Eluard, Emily Davies, Valerie and Roland Penrose. The friends...
Ady (1938)
Very brief view of Man Ray and his friend Ady Fidelin while at a seaside resort
Dance (1938)
Home movie from Man Ray featuring dancer Jenny gyrating in black and white.
Juliet (1940)
A late period home movie with Man Ray and his lovely friend Juliet Browner lounging together in the US. Man Ray had returned to America when the...
The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice (1929)
Mannequin hands hold a pair of dice. A castle is perched on a hilltop. Below it, a posh, modern villa. Meanwhile, far from Paris, two men with masked...
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde (1997)
Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of...
The Starfish (1928)
The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.
Emak-Bakia (1926)
Emak-Bakia (Basque for Leave me alone) is a 1926 film directed by Man Ray. Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many techniques Man...
The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice (1929)
Mannequin hands hold a pair of dice. A castle is perched on a hilltop. Below it, a posh, modern villa. Meanwhile, far from Paris, two men with masked...
Return to Reason (1923)
Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating...
Paris la belle (1960)
A look at Paris in 1928 in black and white and then color sequences filmed in the same places in 1959.
Les Films de Man Ray (2012)
In the 1920s, Man Ray directed four films which, although largely unknown by the general public, made him into a major figure in avant-garde cinema....
Emak-Bakia (1926)
Emak-Bakia (Basque for Leave me alone) is a 1926 film directed by Man Ray. Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many techniques Man...
The Starfish (1928)
The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.
Return to Reason (1923)
Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating...
What Do Young Films Dream About? (1924)
A collaboration between Man Ray and Henri Chomette,, half-brother of the filmmaker René Clair.
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2024)
An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American...
Les Chutes des "Mystères du château du Dé" (1929)
It is a separate short film made using unused scenes in "Les Mystères du Château de Dé".
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve...
Corrida (1929)
A Man Ray documentary short on bullfighting.
Dadascope (1961)
Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed...
La Garoupe (1937)
Home movie from Man Ray while on vacation with Pablo Picasso, Paul, Nusch and Cecile Eluard, Emily Davies, Valerie and Roland Penrose. The friends...
Self-Portrait or What We All Miss (1930)
Mix of surrealist images of bubbles and smoke with some documentation of the world lived by Man Ray and Lee Miller.
Course landaise (1937)
Short documentary by Man Ray on one his favorite subjects - bullfighting.
Rue Campagne-Première (1923)
Man Ray shoots from a window on 31 bis rue Campagne-Première, in the heart of Montparnasse, where he rented a ground-floor studio.
Ady (1938)
Very brief view of Man Ray and his friend Ady Fidelin while at a seaside resort
Dance (1938)
Home movie from Man Ray featuring dancer Jenny gyrating in black and white.
L'Atelier du Val de Grâce (1935)
Home movie from Man Ray with a view of his home/gallery
Poison (1933)
Short black and white surrealist film from Man Ray starring himself and Meret Oppenheim.
Juliet (1940)
A late period home movie with Man Ray and his lovely friend Juliet Browner lounging together in the US. Man Ray had returned to America when the...
Return to Reason (1923)
Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating...
Anemic Cinema (1926)
A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk...
Anemic Cinema (1926)
A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk...
Ballet Mécanique (1924)
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a...
Iconoclast (2010)
Boyd Rice may well be the only person alive who's been on a first name basis with both Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson. His career has spanned more...
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2024)
An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American...
Two Women (1930)
A series of ten different shots illustrate a variety of lesbian activities. The images are filmed with an aesthetic interest that goes beyond their...
Emak-Bakia (1926)
Emak-Bakia (Basque for Leave me alone) is a 1926 film directed by Man Ray. Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many techniques Man...
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve...
Home Movies (1938)
Home Movies of Man Ray and Ady Fidelin from 1938. Presents a simple and intimate portrait of the man behind the artist. Compilation of ten Man Ray...
Home Movies (1938)
Home Movies of Man Ray and Ady Fidelin from 1938. Presents a simple and intimate portrait of the man behind the artist. Compilation of ten Man Ray...
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930 (2010)
Thematic anthology of : Le retour a la Maison (1923) by Man Ray; Emak-Bakia (1926) by Man Ray; L'Etoile de Mer (1928) by Man Ray; Les Mysteres Du...