Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger

Born 02/03/1927
Santa Monica, California, USA

Died 05/11/2023 (96 years old)
Yucca Valley, California, USA

Biography (1)

Kenneth Anger (b. 1930, Santa Monica, USA) is one of the greatest and most notorious living American avant-garde filmmakers. Drawn to cinema, glamour and scandal early on – his grandmother worked in Hollywood as a dresser and he knew Shirley Temple from school dances – he made his first film of note, Fireworks (1947), at the age of 17. It set the mold for his later oeuvre, silent films of intense sensual imagery combined with mesmerizing musical soundtracks. A… (more)

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Movies
1972

Hollywood Babylon - book

Documentaries
1992

Hollywood Babylon (series) - book

 

Hollywood Babylon II - book

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Shows
2011

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