Joel Schlemowitz
- Known for
- Directing
Joel Schlemowitz is an experimental filmmaker based in Brooklyn who works in 16mm film, shadowplay, and stereographic media. He has recently completed his first feature film 78rpm, an experimental documentary about the gramophone. His short works have been shown at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival and have received awards from the Chicago Underground Film Festival, The Dallas Video Festival, and elsewhere. Shows of installation artworks include Anthology Film Archives, and Microscope Gallery. He teaches experimental filmmaking at The New School and was recently the Resident Film Programmer and Arcane Media Specialist at the Morbid Anatomy Museum.
Filmography
- Jonas's loft
Jonas's loft TBA
Director

How to fix laptop being so loud and annoying 2026
Thanks
- Trying Something New
Trying Something New 2024
Thanks

Beyond the Bolex 2018
as Self
- The Ogre's Feathers
The Ogre's Feathers 2012
Actor

Scenes from a Visit to Japan 2012
Director

Victrola Cinema 2010
Director

40/4000 2007
Director

Dame Darcy 2007
Director
- Teslamania
Teslamania 2007
Director

The Glowing Woman 2007
Director
- Silo
Silo 2007
Director
- morning poem #43
morning poem #43 2007
Director
- morning poem #38
morning poem #38 2007
Director

Birth of Eros 2003
Director

Loudmouth Collective 2003
Director

The Odds of Recovery 2002
Cinematography

Bagatelle in Neon 2002
Director

Fogg 2002
Director

All Saints Day 2001
Director

All Saints Day II 2001
Director
- Moving Images - The Film-Makers' Cooperative Relocates
Moving Images - The Film-Makers' Cooperative Relocates 2001
Director

Boulder-Brooklyn 2001
Director

Reverie 2001
Director

Typeoclavecin Film - Variations on the Blues for JoJo #10 2001
Director
- morning poem #40
morning poem #40 2001
Director
- Bagatelle Biologique
Bagatelle Biologique 2000
Director

Bacchanale 1998
Director
- In the Orbit of Marie Menken
In the Orbit of Marie Menken 1998
Director

Who's the Caboose? 1997
Assistant Sound Editor

1734 1997
Director

Eye Music 1997
Director

Little Nothings 1997
Director
- Invitation to a Voyage
Invitation to a Voyage 1997
Director

For Joe 1996
Director
- Weimar
Weimar 1996
Director
- Extemporized
Extemporized 1996
Director

Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps 1995
Director
- Pillowbook
Pillowbook 1995
Director
- Angelbubble
Angelbubble 1995
Director

The Search for One-eye Jimmy 1994
Sound Assistant

Doris' Garden 1994
Director

Morris Engel Time Sculpture 1994
Director
- Tombeau for Arnold Eagle
Tombeau for Arnold Eagle 1994
Director
- Purple Candle Poem
Purple Candle Poem 1994
Director

Poem for the Past 1993
Director
- When He Leaves
When He Leaves 1993
Director
- Channeled Energies
Channeled Energies 1993
Director

Birds of Prey 1992
Director

Unmeasured Prelude for Kerry Laitala 1992
Director
- Übel
Übel 1992
Director
- Weeping Film
Weeping Film 1991
Director
- we came... we filmed... we left...
we came... we filmed... we left... 1991
Director
- Film Poem
Film Poem 1991
Director

Abrasions 1990
Director
- Rip
Rip 1989
Director
Credits from TMDB.