Kenneth Anger

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Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer; February 3, 1927 - May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost forty works since 1937, nine of which in particular have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle," and form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history. His films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle." Anger himself has been described as "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers, and certainly the first whose work addressed homosexuality in an undisguised, self-implicating manner," and his "role in rendering gay culture visible within American cinema, commercial or otherwise, is impossible to overestimate." Some of his particularly homoerotic works, such as Fireworks (1947) and Scorpio Rising (1964), were produced prior to the legalisation of homosexuality in the United States. He has also focused upon occult themes in many of his films, being fascinated by the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley, and is a follower of Crowley's religion, Thelema. This influence is evident from films like Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954), Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) and Lucifer Rising (1972). Anger has described filmmakers such as Auguste and Louis Lumière and Georges Méliès as influences, and has been cited as an important influence on later film directors like Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and John Waters.He has also been described as having "a profound impact on the work of many other filmmakers and artists, as well as on music video as an emergent art form using dream sequence, dance, fantasy, and narrative." During the 1960s and 70s he associated and worked with a number of different figures in popular culture and the occult, including Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, sexologist Alfred Kinsey, artist Jean Cocteau, playwright Tennessee Williams and musicians Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Marianne Faithfull. He is also the author of the controversial best seller Hollywood Babylon (1959) and its sequel Hollywood Babylon II (1986), in which he claims to expose many of the rumours and secrets of Hollywood celebrities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Anger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1927-02-03
  • event Death Date 2023-05-11
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 1.6
  • info Birth Place Santa Monica, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Kenneth Anger

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24 Hour Sunset

2023-09-01

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Lucifer Rising

1974-04-10

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Fireworks

1947-12-31

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Disinfo.Con

2007-02-20

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FLicKeR

2009-07-14

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The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years

1982-01-01

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Anger Me

2006-10-23

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Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995-09-03

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The Dead

1960-12-31

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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986-02-22

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Arabesque for Kenneth Anger

1961-12-29

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Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star

2006-01-21

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The Spells of Kenneth Anger

2003-10-14

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72 Hours In André Balazs’ Chateau Marmont With Kenneth Anger

2018-12-25

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The Beach Boys and The Satan

1997-10-17

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The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

2015-09-08

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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

2002-02-05

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Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon

1991-04-05

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Night of Pan

2009-03-09

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42 One Dream Rush

2010-09-15

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Kenneth Anger: Film as Magical Ritual

1970-04-29

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The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two

2007-10-02

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The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One

2007-01-23

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Langlois

1970-09-19

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365 Day Project

2007-12-31

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Jonas in the Desert

1994-01-01

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Mansfield 66/67

2017-01-29

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Notes on Marie Menken

2006-04-20

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Birth of a Nation

1997-08-06

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Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger

2019-04-12

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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

1954-03-29

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Invocation of My Demon Brother

1969-10-10

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Anton LaVey: Into the Devil's Den

2019-12-06

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Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

2003-03-28

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Prisoner of Mars

1942-01-01

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Rescued from the Closet

2001-05-29

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Look Back at Anger

1974-01-01

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Magick Lantern Cycle

2019-03-08

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Arena

1975-10-01

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SexTV

1998-10-17

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Kustom Kar Kommandos

1965-07-31

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Rabbit's Moon

1971-01-01

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Kustom Kar Kommandos

1965-07-31

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Rabbit's Moon

1971-01-01

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Lucifer Rising

1974-04-10

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Invocation of My Demon Brother

1969-10-10

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Fireworks

1947-12-31

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Fireworks

1947-12-31

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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

1954-03-29

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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

1954-03-29

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Eaux d'artifice

1953-01-01

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Kustom Kar Kommandos

1965-07-31

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Puce Moment

1949-01-01

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Rabbit's Moon

1971-01-01

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Scorpio Rising

1969-10-10

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Puce Moment

1949-01-01

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The Man We Want to Hang

2002-09-07

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Scorpio Rising

1969-10-10

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Magick Lantern Cycle

2019-03-08

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My Surfing Lucifer

2007-01-01

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Anger Sees Red

2004-01-01

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Anger Sees Red

2004-01-01

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Hollywood Babylon

1972-02-09

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Don't Smoke That Cigarette

1999-12-01

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Mouse Heaven

2004-01-01

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Ich will!

2008-04-29

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Brush of Baphomet

2009-03-19

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Airships 1, 2, 3

2013-09-06

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Missoni

2010-07-28

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The Nest

1943-01-01

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Invocation of My Demon Brother

1969-10-10

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Invocation of My Demon Brother

1969-10-10

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Invocation of My Demon Brother

1969-10-10

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Tinsel Tree

1942-01-01

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The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two

2007-10-02

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The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two

2007-10-02

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The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One

2007-01-23

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The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One

2007-01-23

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Magick Lantern Cycle

2019-03-08

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Magick Lantern Cycle

2019-03-08

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Magick Lantern Cycle

2019-03-08

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Lucifer Rising

1974-04-10

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Senators in Bondage

1976-01-01

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Senators in Bondage

1976-01-01

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Senators in Bondage

1976-01-01

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Senators in Bondage

1976-01-01

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Technicolor Skull

2014-07-08

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42 One Dream Rush

2010-09-15

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Uniform Attraction

2008-01-01

2

Elliott's Suicide

2007-01-01

2

I'll Be Watching You

2007-01-01

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Foreplay

2008-01-01

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Eaux d'artifice

1953-01-01

2

Rabbit's Moon

1971-01-01

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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

1954-03-29

2

Lucifer Rising

1974-04-10

2

Kustom Kar Kommandos

1965-07-31

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Escape Episode

1947-11-07

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Puce Moment

1949-01-01

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Puce Moment

1949-01-01

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Eaux d'artifice

1953-01-01

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Eaux d'artifice

1953-01-01

2

Fireworks

1947-12-31

2

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

1954-03-29

2

Scorpio Rising

1969-10-10

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Scorpio Rising

1969-10-10

2

Rabbit's Moon

1979-01-01

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Prisoner of Mars

1942-01-01

2

Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat

1941-01-01

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Prisoner of Mars

1942-01-01

2

Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat

1941-01-01

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Magick Lantern Cycle

2019-03-08