Robert Breer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 30, 1926
- Died
- August 11, 2011
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Born in 1926 in Detroit, Robert Breer has spent fifty years building up a totally atypical body of work which plays with different genres and abolishes the notions of space and time. Starting off as a painter, he then deconstructed his neoplastic works and ended up with kinetic objects. He dealt next with the thresholds of awareness and perception, both as a sculptor and a film-maker. His films are composed of a jumble images that pass at great speed, while his Floats move almost imperceptibly, in accordance with an unpredictable logic. Robert Breer developed his light yet rigorous style while associating with the New York underground in the Pop years. Continuing his subtle exploration movement, he still today causes the space of reality-irrevocably unstable-to waver.
Filmography
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film 2011
as Himself
What Goes Up.... 2003
Director
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000
as Self
Atoz 2000
Director
Birth of a Nation 1997
as Self
Time Flies 1997
Director
Sparkill Ave! 1993
Director
Robert Breer At Home 1992
Actor
A Frog on the Swing 1989
Director
- Colliding
Colliding 1989
as Himself
Blue Monday 1988
Director
Bang! 1986
Director
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life 1986
as Self (archive footage)
Trial Balloons 1982
Director
- Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons
Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons 1980
Director
T.Z. 1979
Director
LMNO 1978
Director
77 1977
Director
Rubber Cement 1976
Director
Solstice and Solyanka 1975
Actor
Fuji 1974
Director, Cinematography
Gulls and Buoys 1972
Director
70 1970
Director
69 1969
Director
PBL #2 1968
Director
For Life, Against the War 1967
Director
66 1966
Director
Fist Fight 1964
Director
Breathing 1963
Director
Horse Over Tea Kettle 1962
Director
Pat's Birthday 1962
Director
Blazes 1961
Director
Homage to Jean Tinguely's 'Homage to New York' 1960
Director
Inner and Outer Space 1960
Director
Eyewash (Alternate Version) 1959
Director
- Cassis Colank
Cassis Colank 1959
Director
Eyewash 1959
Director
- Par avion
Par avion 1958
Director
Jamestown Baloos 1957
Director
- A Man and His Dog Out for Air
A Man and His Dog Out for Air 1957
Director
The Movement 1957
Director
- Recreation II
Recreation II 1956
Director
Cats 1956
Director
Motion Pictures No. 1 1956
Director
Recreation 1956
Director
- Image by Images II
Image by Images II 1955
Director
- Image by Images III
Image by Images III 1955
Director
Image by Images IV 1955
Director
Image by Images 1954
Director
A Miracle 1954
Director
Form Phases IV 1953
Director
Form Phases III 1953
Director
Form Phases II 1953
Director
FASES DE LA LUNA I 1952
as director, as autor, Director, Author
Form Phases I 1952
Director
Credits from TMDB.