Hollis Frampton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 11, 1936
- Died
- March 30, 1984
- Birthplace
- Wooster, Ohio, USA
Hollis Frampton is known for the broad and restless intelligence he brought to the films he made, beginning in the early '60s, until his death in 1984. In addition to being an important experimental filmmaker, he was also an accomplished photographer and writer, and in the 1970s made significant contributions to the emerging field of computer science. He is considered one of the pioneers of what has come to be termed structuralism, an influential style of experimental filmmaking that uses the basic elements of cinematic language to create works that investigate film form at the expense of traditional narrative content. Along with Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage, he is one of the major figures to emerge from the New York avant-garde film community of the 1960s.
Filmography
A Pentagram For the Narrative 2026
Original Story
A Hollis Frampton Odyssey 2012
Director
Funtime at the Vasulkas 2006
Actor
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000
as Self (archive footage)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life 1986
as Self (archive footage)
Home Movies 1971-81 1985
Actor
A and B in Ontario 1984
Actor, Director
The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII 1980
Director
Gloria! 1979
Director
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Matrix [First Dream] 1979
Director
More Than Meets The Eye 1979
Director
Grand Opera: An Historical Romance 1979
as Max A. Zorn
The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I 1977
Director
The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV 1977
Director
Not the First Time 1976
Director
Quaternion 1976
Director
Otherwise Unexplained Fires 1976
Director
Procession 1976
Director
The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II 1976
Director
The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I 1976
Director
- Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0
Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0 1976
Director
For Georgia O'Keeffe 1976
Director
Pas de Trois 1975
Director
Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton) 1975
Actor
Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit 1974
Director
Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I 1974
Director
Summer Solstice 1974
Director
Winter Solstice 1974
Director
Noctiluca 1974
Director
Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments" 1974
Director
- Autumnal Equinox
Autumnal Equinox 1974
Director
Pan 697 1974
Director
Pan 700 1974
Director
Pan 698 1974
Director
Pan 699 1974
Director
Pan 4 1974
Director
Pan 0 1974
Director
Pan 2 1974
Director
Pan 1 1974
Director
Pan 3 1974
Director
Tree Over the Valley, Eaton 1974
Director
Less 1973
Director
Trees in the River, Kent OH 1973
Director
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema” 1973
Actor
Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter 1972
Director
Apparatus Sum 1972
Director
Tiger Balm 1972
Director
Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice 1972
Director
Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects 1972
Director
Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control 1972
Director
Public Domain 1972
Director
Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1) 1972
Director
Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte 1971
Director
Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass 1971
Director
Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia) 1971
Director
Zorns Lemma 1970
Director, Sound, Cinematography, Editor, Writer
Artificial Light 1969
Director
Carrots & Peas 1969
Director
Lemon 1969
Director
Prince Ruperts Drops 1969
Director
Palindrome 1969
Director
Works and Days 1969
Director
Inside Silo 11 1969
Director
Black and White Film 1969
Camera Operator
Surface Tension 1968
Director
Maxwell's Demon 1968
Director
A Lecture 1968
Writer, Director
Snowblind 1968
Director
Wavelength 1967
Actor
States 1967
Director
Heterodyne 1967
Director
Manual of Arms 1966
Director
Information 1966
Director
Process Red 1966
Director
Credits from TMDB.