Ed Emshwiller

Also known as Emsler, Ed Emsh, Emsh, Edmund Alexander Emshwiller

American illustrator and filmmaker

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Works: 9

Top works

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1960
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1964
25 short short stories
Galaxy Science Fiction
Lord of a Thousand Sun : Space Stories of Poul Anderson

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Film & TV

Lansing, Michigan

Born in 1925, Ed Emshwiller studied graphic design at the University of Michigan and L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. By the late '60s Emshwiller was working as a science fiction illustrator, and had established his place in the American avant-garde cinema with such works as Relativity (1966) and Image, Flesh and Voice (1969). His early films featured collaborations with dancers and…

Known for

Birth of a Nation1997
Home Movies 1971-811985
Family Focus — Himself1976
Lost, Lost, Lost — Self1976
Solstice and Solyanka1975
Painters Painting1973
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”1973
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches — Self1968
Galaxie — Self1966
Hallelujah the Hills — Gideon1963

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Type: Person
Country: GB
Active from: 1991-02-17

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Listeners: 21
Total plays: 24

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ed
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Lansing
Place of death: Valencia
Spouse: Carol Emshwiller
Occupation: film director
Educated at: Beaux-Arts de Paris
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
Languages spoken: English language
Participant in: documenta 8
Image: Ed Emshwiller, RIT NandE Vol16Num9 1984 Nov8 Complete.jpg

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date of birth: 1926-02-16
date of death: 1999-07-27
Commons category: Ed Emshwiller
cause of death: cancer
manner of death: natural causes
has works in the collection: ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
name in native language: Ed Emshwiller
Commons Creator page: Ed Emshwiller

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