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Howard H. Guttenplan was a key figure in American experimental cinema. Born on April 6, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York, he passed away on February 23, 2015, in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 80, due to complications from pancreatic cancer.
Guttenplan is primarily known for his role as executive director of the Millennium Film Workshop, a position he held from 1971 to 2011. Under his leadership, what began as an anti-poverty program in Manhattan's Lower East Side was transformed into a leading workshop and showcase for experimental filmmakers. He expanded the workshop's reach by inviting international filmmakers and oversaw the creation of the Millennium Film Journal in 1978. His dedication was fundamental in providing affordable resources to several generations of filmmakers.
His own film and video work was characterized by using his personal life as source material for self-observation and experimentation, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. Throughout his career, he received fellowships and awards from various foundations, including the New York Foundation for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Guttenplan's works have been exhibited in numerous prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Pompidou, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. His work was selected for the Whitney Biennial three times (1993, 2000, 2002) and regularly programmed at festivals such as the NY Video Festival and the Rotterdam Film Festival. His films were also broadcast in Spain, France, Germany, and on PBS. Howard Guttenplan's personal film collection was acquired by MoMA in 2013.
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SAN FRANCISCO DIARY '79
1979 / color / silent / single screen / 9' 00 / 30 € or 29 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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EUROPEAN DIARY '78
1978 / color / silent / single screen / 13' 00 / 44 € or 42 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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NEW YORK CITY DIARY '74
1974 / color / silent / single screen / 15' 00 / 50 € or 48 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |