Timeline - Handmade Cinema

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An overview of the history of Handmade Cinema.

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Proto-cinematic Influences, Apparatus, and Techniques

Chromatrope, c. 1850. Courtesy of Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter.

1800-1850

(no filmmakers found)

1850-1860

(no filmmakers found)

1860-1870

(no filmmakers found)

1870-1880

Bainbridge Bishop,

1880-1890

Bainbridge Bishop,

1890-1900

Bainbridge Bishop,

Alexander Wallace Rimington,

20th Century - Discoveries, Innovations, and Masters

Thomas Wilfred, ‘Lumia Suite, Op. 158’ (1963-64). Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery.

1900-1910

Arnaldo Ginna and Bruno Corra,

Alexander Wallace Rimington,

Thomas Wilfred,

1910-1920

Arnaldo Ginna and Bruno Corra,

Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt,

Man Ray,

Alexander Scriabin,

Alexander Wallace Rimington,

Thomas Wilfred,

1920-1930

Oskar Fischinger,

Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt,

Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack,

Alexander Laszlo,

László Moholy-Nagy,

Rudolf Pfenninger,

Man Ray,

Walther Ruttmann,

Kurt Schwerdtfeger,

Thomas Wilfred,

1930-1940

Mary Ellen Bute,

Douglass Crockwell,

Charles Dockum,

Oskar Fischinger,

Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt,

Len Lye,

Norman McLaren,

Rudolf Pfenninger,

Luigi Veronesi,

Thomas Wilfred,

1940-1950

Mary Ellen Bute,

Douglass Crockwell,

Jim Davis,

Charles Dockum,

Oskar Fischinger,

Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt,

Len Lye,

Norman McLaren,

Abraham Palatnik,

Nicholas Schöffer,

Luigi Veronesi,

Thomas Wilfred,

1950-1960

Mary Ellen Bute,

Jim Davis,

Charles Dockum,

Oskar Fischinger,

Hy Hirsh,

Maurice Lemaître,

Len Lye,

Norman McLaren,

Roberto Miller,

Abraham Palatnik,

Nicholas Schöffer,

Jane Conger Belson Shimané,

Luigi Veronesi,

Thomas Wilfred,

1960-1970

Androide Lightshow,

Scott Bartlett,

Jim Davis,

Charles Dockum,

Ellis D. Fogg Lightshow,

Oskar Fischinger,

Bill Ham,

Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack,

Hy Hirsh,

Takahiko Iimura,

The Joshua Light Show,

Len Lye,

Norman McLaren,

Roberto Miller,

Annabel Nicolson,

Abraham Palatnik,

Carolee Schneemann,

Kurt Schwerdtfeger,

Nicholas Schöffer,

The Single Wing Turquoise Bird,

José Antonio Sistiaga,

Ture Sjölander,

Barry Spinello,

Rudi Stern and Jackie Cassen,

Stan VanDerBeek,

Thomas Wilfred,

1970-1980

Androide Lightshow,

Scott Bartlett,

Jim Davis,

Charles Dockum,

Peter Donebauer,

Ellis D. Fogg Lightshow,

Bill Ham,

Takahiko Iimura,

The Joshua Light Show,

Lynn Marie Kirby,

Len Lye,

Mad Alchemy Light Show,

Norman McLaren,

Roberto Miller,

Richard Monkhouse,

Annabel Nicolson,

Steve Rutt and Bill Etra,

Carolee Schneemann,

Nicholas Schöffer,

The Single Wing Turquoise Bird,

Barry Spinello,

Rudi Stern and Jackie Cassen,

1980-1990

Ellis D. Fogg Lightshow,

Takahiko Iimura,

Lynn Marie Kirby,

Mad Alchemy Light Show,

Stephanie Maxwell,

Norman McLaren,

Roberto Miller,

Bärbel Neubauer,

Annabel Nicolson,

Steve Rutt and Bill Etra,

Carolee Schneemann,

Nicholas Schöffer,

José Antonio Sistiaga,

Barry Spinello,

Rudi Stern and Jackie Cassen,

Marcelle Thirache,

Luigi Veronesi,

Steven Woloshen,

1990-2000

Ellis D. Fogg Lightshow,

Thorsten Fleisch,

Takahiko Iimura,

Lynn Marie Kirby,

Mad Alchemy Light Show,

Stephanie Maxwell,

Roberto Miller,

Bärbel Neubauer,

Annabel Nicolson,

Thad Povey and the Scratch Film Junkies,

Jennifer Reeves,

Richard Reeves,

Carolee Schneemann,

Nicholas Schöffer,

silt (Jeff Warrin, Christian Farrell, Keith Evans),

José Antonio Sistiaga,

Barry Spinello,

Rudi Stern and Jackie Cassen,

Marcelle Thirache,

Steven Woloshen,

21st Century - Refinement, Expansion, and Continued Exploration

Brock Monroe of the Joshua Light Show with Moon Duo, 2014, at the Kanbar Forum, Exploratorium, Pier 15, San Francisco, California. Photo: Gayle Laird, © Exploratorium, www.exploratorium.edu

2000-2010

Androide Lightshow,

Ellis D. Fogg Lightshow,

Thorsten Fleisch,

Kelly Gallagher,

Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder,

Takahiko Iimura,

The Joshua Light Show,

Lynn Marie Kirby,

Emmanuel Lefrant,

Liquid Light Lab,

Mad Alchemy Light Show,

Stephanie Maxwell,

Bärbel Neubauer,

Tomonari Nishikawa,

Thad Povey and the Scratch Film Junkies,

Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof,

Jennifer Reeves,

Richard Reeves,

silt (Jeff Warrin, Christian Farrell, Keith Evans),

Barry Spinello,

Rudi Stern and Jackie Cassen,

Marcelle Thirache,

Sebastian Wiedemann,

Steven Woloshen,

2010-

Androide Lightshow,

Dyveke Bredsdorff,

Drippy Eye Projections,

Ellis D. Fogg Lightshow,

Thorsten Fleisch,

Kelly Gallagher,

Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder,

Takahiko Iimura,

The Joshua Light Show,

Lynn Marie Kirby,

Emmanuel Lefrant,

Liquid Light Lab,

Mad Alchemy Light Show,

Stephanie Maxwell,

Bärbel Neubauer,

Tomonari Nishikawa,

Thad Povey and the Scratch Film Junkies,

Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof,

Jennifer Reeves,

silt (Jeff Warrin, Christian Farrell, Keith Evans),

Barry Spinello,

Ignacio Tamarit,

Marcelle Thirache,

Sebastian Wiedemann,

Steven Woloshen,

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