Experimental filmmaker
Experimental filmmakers are individual
artists in the 20th century such as
Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton,
Joseph Cornell,
Kenneth Anger and
Tony Conrad who used film as a
visual art form rather than a
storytelling or as a form of commercial
media. Developed on both sides of the Atlantic at such artist-run organizations as Anthology Film Archives, The Millennium Film Workshop, the Collective for Living Cinema and The Film Makers Cooperative in
New York, the British Film Institute in
London and the
National Film Board of Canada. Many of the
artists involved in this movement remained outside of the
mainstream commercial
cinema and
entertainment industry and became teachers at universities such as the
State University of New York.
See also: video artist, performance artist and media artist.