Robert Beavers
Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Deerfield Academy which he left before graduating to move to New York in 1965 to pursue filmmaking. He lived in New York until 1967 when he and his partner, Gregory Markopoulos, left the United States for Europe, where they continued to live and make films until Markopoulos's death in 1992. Both filmmakers restricted the screenings of their films after leaving America, and instead held yearly screenings of their work from 1980 to 1986 at the Temenos, a site near Lyssaraia in Arcadia, Greece.
Robert Beavers
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- Name
- Robert Beavers
- Born
- 1949
- Birthplace
- Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Education
- Deerfield Academy (dropped out)
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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Robert Beavers, réalisateur, cinéaste, metteur en scène et scénariste, naquit en 1949 à Brookline, Massachusetts.
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La naissance est enregistrée par la Bibliothèque nationale de France et la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Beavers has worked extensively on re-editing his films to create the larger film cycle My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure.
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• Name — Robert Beavers • Born — 1949 • Birthplace — Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. • Education — Deerfield Academy (dropped out) • Occupation — Filmmaker • Partner — Gregory Markopoulos (1966–1992; his death)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Spiracle (1966) • 16mm, color, sound; 12 minutes • ~Early Monthly Segments (1968?70/2002)~ • 35mm, color, silent; 33 minutes • ~Winged Dialogue (1967/2000) and • ~Plan of Brussels (1968/2000) • 35mm, color, sound; 21 minutes • The final edit combines both films on one reel • ~The Count of Days (1969/2001) • 35 mm, color, sound; 21 minutes • The final edit includes part of Early Monthly Segments on the same reel • ~Palinode (1970/2001) • 35mm, color, sound; 21 minutes • The final edit includes part of Early Monthly Segments on the same reel • ~Diminished Frame (1970/2001) • 35mm, black and white, and color, sound; 24 minutes • The final edit includes part of Early Monthly Segments on the same reel • ~Still Light (1970/2001) • 35mm, black-and-white and color, sound; 25 minutes • ~From the Notebook of (1971/1998) • 35mm, color, sound 48 minutes • ~The Painting (1972/1999) • 35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes • ~Work Done (1972/1999) • 35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes • ~Ruskin (1975/1997) • 35mm, black-and-white and color, sound; 45 minutes • ~Sotiros (1976-78/1996) • 35mm, color, sound; 25 minutes • The final edit comprises three earlier films; Sotiros Responds (1976), Sotiros (Alone) (1977), and Sotiros in the Elements (1978) • ~AMOR (1980) • 35mm, color, sound; 15 minutes • ~Efpsychi (1983/1996) • 35mm, color, sound; 20 minutes • ~Wingseed (1985) • 35mm, color, sound; 15 minutes • ~The Hedge Theater (1986?90/2002) • 35mm, color, sound; 19 minutes • Includes footage from Borromini (1986) and San Martino/Il Sassetta (1987-1990) • ~The Stoas (1991–97) • 35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes • ~The Ground (1993–2001) • 35mm, color, sound; 20 minutes • Pitcher of Colored Light (2007) • 35mm, color, sound; 24 minutes • The Suppliant (2010) • 16mm, color, sound; 5 minutes • Listening to the Space in my Room (2013) • 16mm, color, sound; 19 minutes • Among the Eucalyptuses (2017) • 16mm, color; 4 minutes • “Der Klang, die Welt…” (2018) • 16mm, color, sound; 4 minutes • Dedication: Bernice Hodges (2024) • 5 minutes ~Part of the cycle My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure (1967–2002)
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- 1.03: Robert Beavers - recent films | Courtisane.
- 2.03: Robert Beavers - recent films | Courtisane.
- 3.An Evening with Robert Beavers | MoMA.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Beavers, Robert. Writings Millennium Film Journal no. 32/33 Fall 1988.
- Beavers, Robert. The Searching Measure . University of California, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, 2004.
- Pipolo, Toni. "An Interview with Robert Beavers" Millennium Film Journal no. 32/33 Fall 1988.
- Iles, Chrissie. "Frames of Mind" Artforum September, 2005.
- Rebekah Rutkoff (Ed.), Robert Beavers, FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen Vol. 30, Vienna: 2017,
- Alexander Horwath / Österreichisches Filmmuseum (Ed.): Robert Beavers. Die ausgestreckte Hand, Vienna: 2010.
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