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Stan Brakhage

Director · 440 credits · 100 in highly-rated films

Best known for As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

Frequent collaborators: Jane Wodening, Jonas Mekas, Ken Jacobs, Phil Solomon, Allen Ginsberg

Directed movies (379 total, ranked by score)

  1. Bird

    1978

    Documentary

    361

  2. Through Wounded Eyes

    1996

    362

  3. Clancy

    1974

    363

  4. Window Suite of Children's Songs

    1969

    364

  5. Short Films 1976

    1976

    365

  6. Soldiers and Other Cosmic Objects

    1977

    366

  7. Trio

    1976

    367

  8. The Dream, N.Y.C., The Return, The Flower

    1976

    368

  9. Roman Numeral: IV

    1980

    369

  10. Highs

    1976

    370

  11. Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane

    1976

    371

  12. Scenes from Under Childhood

    1970

    372

  13. Persian Series 1-5

    —

    373

  14. Sketches

    1976

    374

  15. Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

    1975

    375

  16. Short Films 1975: #4 (Lady in Glass)

    1975

    376

  17. Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles)

    1975

    377

  18. Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose)

    1975

    378

  19. Gadflies

    1976

    379

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.