American experimental filmmaker
Robert Beavers (born 1949) is an American experimental filmmaker. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Deerfield Academy which he left before graduating to move to New York in 1965 to pursue filmmaking. He lived in New York until 1967 when he and his partner, Gregory Markopoulos, left the United States for Europe, where they continued to live and make films until Markopoulos's death in 1992.
Both filmmakers restricted the screenings of their films after leaving America, and instead held yearly screenings of their work from 1980 to 1986 at the Temenos, a site near Lyssaraia in Arcadia, Greece. After Markopoulos' death, Beavers founded Temenos, Inc., a non-profit devoted to the preservation of his and Markopoulos's work. Beavers has worked extensively on re-editing his films to create the larger film cycle "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure".
16mm, color, sound; 12 minutes
35mm, color, silent; 33 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 21 minutes
The final edit combines both films on one reel
35 mm, color, sound; 21 minutes
The final edit includes part of "Early Monthly Segments" on the same reel
35mm, color, sound; 21 minutes
The final edit includes part of "Early Monthly Segments" on the same reel
35mm, black and white, and color, sound; 24 minutes
The final edit includes part of "Early Monthly Segments" on the same reel
35mm, black-and-white and color, sound; 25 minutes
35mm, color, sound 48 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes
35mm, black-and-white and color, sound; 45 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 25 minutes
The final edit comprises three earlier films; "Sotiros Responds" (1976), "Sotiros (Alone)" (1977), and "Sotiros in the Elements" (1978)
35mm, color, sound; 15 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 20 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 15 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 19 minutes
Includes footage from "Borromini" (1986) and "San Martino/Il Sassetta" (1987-1990)
35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 20 minutes
35mm, color, sound; 24 minutes
16mm, color, sound; 5 minutes
16mm, color, sound; 19 minutes
16mm, color; 4 minutes
16mm, color, sound; 4 minutes
5 minutes
Selected filmography.
~Part of the cycle "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure" (1967–2002)
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Selected articles:
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