Edgar Howard
- Known for
- Directing
Edgar Howard is the Founder and President of Checkerboard Films, a non-profit foundation established in 1979 to document the American arts for archival and educational purposes. He has produced and/or directed over 45 films, beginning with his first profile on painter Brice Marden in 1977.
Filmography
Thom Mayne: U.S. Federal Office Building, San Francisco TBA
Producer
Studio Gang Architects: Aqua Tower TBA
Producer
Peter Eisenman: University of Phoenix Stadium for the Arizona Cardinals TBA
Producer
Vincent Scully: An Art Historian Among Architects TBA
Producer
- Brice Marden
Brice Marden TBA
Director
- Vladimir Kagan: A Life of Design
Vladimir Kagan: A Life of Design 2022
Director, Producer
Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory 2022
Director
Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest 2021
Producer, Director
James Rosenquist Up Close 2019
Director
Frank Stella: Black Aluminum Copper 2019
Director
On The Wings of Brancusi 2018
Director, Producer
The Architecture and Art of Cornell Tech 2018
Director
John Richardson: The Art of Picasso 1927-1973 2016
Director
Inventing Cornell Tech: The Vision 2015
Producer, Director
Jeff Koons: The Whitney Retrospective 2014
Director
Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line 2013
Producer
- Eric Fischl: The Process of Painting
Eric Fischl: The Process of Painting 2012
Director
Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art 2012
Director
- James Salter: A Sport and a Pastime
James Salter: A Sport and a Pastime 2011
Director, Producer
Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings 2010
Director
Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular Evolution 2009
Producer
- Jean Nouvel: Guthrie Theater
Jean Nouvel: Guthrie Theater 2008
Producer
Steven Holl: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building 2008
Producer
Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments 2007
Director
Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods 2003
Producer
Yvonne Jacquette: Autumn Expansion 1985
Director
Duane Michals (1939-1997) 1978
Director
Credits from TMDB.