James Broughton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 10, 1913
- Died
- May 7, 1999
- Birthplace
- Modesto, California
James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta. His work is quintessentially Californian – exploring and engaging the polar frontiers of wildness and civility, male and female, body and spirit—with the crash of Pacific Ocean waves echoing throughout. "Ultimately I have learned more about poetry / from music and magic than from literature," he wrote.
Filmography
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton 2013
as Self
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film 2011
as Himself (archive footage)
Fellow Travelers 2008
as Self (archive)
Birth of a Nation 1997
as Self
Scattered Remains 1988
Actor, Director
- Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton
Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton 1984
Actor
Jungle Girl 1984
Actor
Devotions 1983
Actor, Director, Writer
The Gardener of Eden 1981
Director, Writer
Shaman Psalm 1981
Actor, Director
Poet in Orbit 1980
Actor
Hermes Bird 1979
as Narration, Director
- James
James 1979
Actor
Cinématon 1978
as N°409
Windowmobile 1977
Director
Song of the Godbody 1977
Actor, Director
Erogeny 1976
Director
- Together
Together 1976
Actor, Director
The Water Circle 1975
Actor, Director
Testament 1974
as Self, Director
High Kukus 1973
Actor, Director
Dreamwood 1972
Director, Writer
This is It 1971
Director
The Golden Positions 1970
Director
- Nuptiae
Nuptiae 1969
Director
The Bed 1967
Director
Once Upon An El 1955
Actor
The Pleasure Garden 1953
Director, Writer
Loony Tom the Happy Lover 1951
Director
Four in the Afternoon 1951
Director
Adventures of Jimmy 1951
Actor, Director
Mother's Day 1948
Director, Writer
The Potted Psalm 1946
Director
Credits from TMDB.