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)
- 61
Persian Series #9
2000 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)
62Arabic Numeral Series 3
1981 · ★ 9.5 (2 votes)
- 63
Rage Net
1988 · ★ 5.2 (47 votes)
Animation
64Divertimento
1997
65Murder Psalm
1980 · ★ 6.1 (18 votes)
66Crack Glass Eulogy
1991 · ★ 5.5 (24 votes)
67Arabic Numeral Series 9
1981 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
68The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
1972 · ★ 6.4 (60 votes)
Documentary
69Arabic Numeral Series 4
1981 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)
70Arabic Numeral Series 5
1981 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)
71Song 22
1966 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
72Prelude 10
1996 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)
73Persian Series #4
1999 · ★ 5.6 (7 votes)
74Song 28
1969 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
75Song 18
1966 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
- 76
Persian Series #14
2001 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)
77Persian Series #2
1999 · ★ 5.7 (22 votes)
78Eye Myth Educational
1972 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
79Door
1971
80Arabic Numeral Series 14
1982 · ★ 10.0 (2 votes)
81Babylon Series #3
1990
Documentary
82Elementary Phrases
1994 · ★ 5.7 (7 votes)
Animation
83Prelude 5
1995 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)
84Prelude 9
1996 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)
85Sincerity III
1978
86Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning)
1975
87Aquarien
1974
88RR
1981 · ★ 7.2 (16 votes)
89Loving
1957
90Prelude 24
1996 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.