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Lawrence Jordan (born 1934 ) is an American independent filmmaker who is most widely known for his animated
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films. In 1970 he received a
Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...
to make ''Sacred Art of Tibet''.


Legacy

'' Our Lady of the Sphere'', inspired by the Book of Tibet, was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2010.


Selected filmography

*''Trumpit'' (1956) - with Stan Brakhage *''Gymnopédies'' (1965) *''Hamfat Asar'' (1965) *'' Our Lady of the Sphere'' (1972) *''Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' (1977) *''Visions of a City'' (1978) *''Carabosse'' (1980) *''Sophie's Place'' (1986) *''Poet's Dream'' (2005)Beyond Enchantment: The Films of Lawrence Jordan, Experimental Cinema
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See also

* Stan Brakhage, mentor and friend of Larry Jordan * Joseph Cornell, a filmmaker who Larry worked as assistant/editor * Bruce Conner, another friend of Larry Jordan


References


External links



on IMDb
Lawrence Jordan official siteLawrence Jordan's films distributed by Canyon Cinema
on Ubuweb
Films distributed by The Film-makers' Cooperative, New YorkFilms distributed by LUX, London
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Larry 1934 births Living people Artists from California American contemporary artists Postmodern artists American animators American animated film directors Collage filmmakers Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area American experimental filmmakers