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Kenneth Anger
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Hollywood Babykin
- [Letter from Kenneth Anger to On film magazine]
- Profile of Kenneth Anger
- Anger magick lantern cycle, 'Follow me into the flower called nowhere'
- Hariuddo Babiron
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Film & TV
Directing · Santa Monica, California, USA
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…
Known for
- 24 Hour Sunset2023
- Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger2019
- Anton LaVey: Into the Devil's Den — Himself2019
- 72 Hours In André Balazs’ Chateau Marmont With Kenneth Anger — Self2018
- Mansfield 66/67 — Self2017
- The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin2015
- Satan Lives — Self2015
- 42 One Dream Rush — Lucifer2010
- FLicKeR — Self2009
- Night of Pan — Lucifer2009
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Los Angeles
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 2023
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 577
- Total plays
- 4,047
Kenneth Anger (born February 3, 1927) is a Californian underground avant-garde film-maker and author. Early life Kenneth Anger was born in Santa Monica, California as Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer and attended the Maurice Kossloff Dancing School with Shirley Temple and Judy Garland. He gained fame and notoriety from the publication of the French version of Hollywood Babylon in Paris in 1959, a tell-all book of the scandals of Hollywood's rich and famous. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kenneth+A
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,867x
- Differential Evolution – A Simple and Efficient Heuristic for global Optimization over Continuous Spaces
· 1997 · cited 24,244x
- Analyzing real-time PCR data by the comparative CT method
· 2008 · cited 23,251x
- Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds
· 1993 · cited 20,274x
- Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report)
· 2015 · cited 18,867x
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Key facts
- Born
- Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer , ( 1927-02-03 ) February 3, 1927, Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Died
- May 11, 2023 (2023-05-11) (aged 96), Yucca Valley, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Filmmaker actor writer
- Years active
- 1937–2010s
- Movement
- Avant-garde cinema
- Awards
- Maya Deren Award (1996)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.kennethanger.org
- Image
- Kenneth Anger IU Cinema.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1927-02-03
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- Kenneth Anger
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- birth name
- Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer
- date of death
- 2023-05-11
- end of work period
- 2010-00-00
- name in native language
- Kenneth Anger
- pseudonym
- Kenneth Anger
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Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927 – May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and writer. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle". Anger's films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle". He has been called "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers", with several films released before homosexuality was legalized in the U.S. Anger also explored occult themes in many of his films; he was fascinated by the English occultist Aleister Crowley and an adherent of Thelema, the religion Crowley founded.
Anger was born into a middle-class Presbyterian family in Santa Monica, California. He began making short films when he was 14 years old, although his first film to gain any recognition was the homoerotic Fireworks (1947). The work's controversial nature led to his trial on obscenity charges, but he was acquitted. A friendship and working relationship subsequently began with pioneering sexologist Alfred Kinsey. Moving to Europe, Anger produced a number of shorts inspired by the avant-garde scene there, such as Eaux d'Artifice (1953) and Rabbit's Moon (1971).