Hollis Frampton
Known for: Directing
Born: March 11, 1936
Died: March 30, 1984
Place of birth: Wooster, Ohio, USA
Hollis Frampton is known for the broad and restless intelligence he brought to the films he made, beginning in the early '60s, until his death in 1984. In addition to being an important experimental filmmaker, he was also an accomplished photographer and writer, and in the 1970s made significant contributions to the emerging field of computer science. He is considered one of the pioneers of what has come to be termed structuralism, an influential style of experimental filmmaking that uses the basic elements of cinematic language to create works that investigate film form at the expense of traditional narrative content. Along with Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage, he is one of the major figures to emerge from the New York avant-garde film community of the 1960s.
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Filmography
74 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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A Pentagram For the Narrative
2026
5.0
A Hollis Frampton Odyssey
2012
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Funtime at the Vasulkas
2006
7.8
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
8.4
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
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Home Movies 1971-81
1985
6.0
The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII
1980
4.9
Gloria!
1979![Matrix [First Dream]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2Fhmh8u4S7QjokgGBMLG70vB2zomy.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
4.5
Matrix [First Dream]
1979
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More Than Meets The Eye
1979
7.5
Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
1979
4.1
The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I
1977
6.0
The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV
1977
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Not the First Time
1976
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Quaternion
1976
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Otherwise Unexplained Fires
1976
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Procession
1976
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For Georgia O'Keeffe
19764.8
Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0
1976
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The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I
1976
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The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II
1976
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Pas de Trois
1975
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Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)
1975
4.2
Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
1974
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Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit
1974
5.1
Winter Solstice
1974
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Summer Solstice
1974
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Noctiluca
1974
5.0
Pan 3
1974
4.4
Pan 1
1974
4.7
Pan 2
1974
4.6
Pan 0
1974
4.7
Pan 4
1974
3.6
Pan 697
1974
3.9
Pan 698
1974
3.7
Pan 699
1974
4.9
Pan 700
19745.4
Autumnal Equinox
1974
7.0
Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"
1974
5.3
Tree Over the Valley, Eaton
1974
4.1
Less
1973
5.0
Trees in the River, Kent OH
1973
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Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
1973
6.6
Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter
1972
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Apparatus Sum
1972
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Tiger Balm
1972
5.2
Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice
1972
7.9
Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control
1972
7.8
Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects
1972
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Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)
1972
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Public Domain
1972
6.2
Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass
1971
6.4
Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte
1971
6.6
Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)
1971
6.4
Zorns Lemma
1970
6.4
Artificial Light
1969
4.9
Lemon
1969
4.5
Carrots & Peas
1969
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Prince Ruperts Drops
1969
6.0
Palindrome
1969
9.0
Works and Days
1969
5.0
Inside Silo 11
1969
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Black and White Film
1969
4.9
Maxwell's Demon
1968
5.5
Surface Tension
1968
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A Lecture
1968
4.8
Snowblind
1968
5.4
Wavelength
1967
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States
1967
6.4
A and B in Ontario
1967
5.0
Heterodyne
1967
5.0
Manual of Arms
1966
7.0
Information
1966
4.9
Process Red
1966