Kenneth Anger

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avant-garde filmmaker film director human screenwriter

Kenneth Anger was an influential American avant-garde filmmaker and occult-obsessed artist whose experimental short films, such as those in his "Magick Lantern Cycle," helped shape underground and queer cinema.

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instanceOf avant-garde filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
basedOn Aleister Crowley’s occult ideas ⓘ
birthName Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
created Fireworks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucifer Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magick Lantern Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scorpio Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-02-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-05-11 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre experimental film ⓘ
short film ⓘ
underground film ⓘ
influenced music video aesthetics ⓘ
queer cinema ⓘ
underground cinema ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement American avant-garde cinema ⓘ
queer cinema ⓘ
underground film ⓘ
name Kenneth Anger NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor homoerotic imagery in cinema ⓘ
innovative use of pop music soundtracks ⓘ
use of occult symbolism in film ⓘ
notableWork Fireworks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucifer Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magick Lantern Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scorpio Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Santa Monica, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Yucca Valley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrPhilosophicalView Thelema NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
wrote Hollywood Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hollywood Babylon II NERFINISHED ⓘ

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New York underground cinema → notableFigure → Kenneth Anger ⓘ
Douglas Sirk → influenced → Kenneth Anger ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Waters