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'''Gary Conklin''' is an independent [[United States|American]] filmmaker based in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. |
'''Gary Conklin''' is an independent [[United States|American]] filmmaker based in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. |
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Conklin works predominantly in the [[documentary]] genre. His films focus on cultural icons of the [[20th Century]]. Subjects have included the late American writer and composer [[Paul Bowles]], in ''[[Paul Bowles in Morocco]]'', which is as much about the North African country as it is about Bowles; [[Gore Vidal]] while running for [[U.S. Senate]] in 1982; the American painter [[Edward Ruscha]], and the [[Mexican]] painter [[Rufino Tamayo]]. Conklin produced and directed a notable film about the the culturally significant period of the 1920's in [[Berlin]], during the [[Weimar Republic]], ''[[Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture]]'', which featured interviews with [[Christopher Isherwood]], [[Louise Brooks]], and [[Arthur Koestler]], among others; as well as a documentary about [[England|English]] literary society during the period after [[World War I]] until [[World War II]], which includes [[Stephen Spender]], [[Anthony Powell]], [[Harold Acton]], [[James Lees-Milne]], [[Peter Quennell]], [[Christopher Isherwood]], and [[Diana Mosley]]. Conklin also made ''[[Notes From Under the Volcano]]'' about [[John Huston]]'s making of the film, ''[[Under the Volcano]]''. |
Conklin works predominantly in the [[Documentary film|documentary]] genre. His films focus on cultural icons of the [[20th Century]]. Subjects have included the late American writer and composer [[Paul Bowles]], in ''[[Paul Bowles in Morocco]]'', which is as much about the North African country as it is about Bowles; [[Gore Vidal]] while running for [[U.S. Senate]] in 1982; the American painter [[Edward Ruscha]], and the [[Mexican]] painter [[Rufino Tamayo]]. Conklin produced and directed a notable film about the the culturally significant period of the 1920's in [[Berlin]], during the [[Weimar Republic]], ''[[Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture]]'', which featured interviews with [[Christopher Isherwood]], [[Louise Brooks]], and [[Arthur Koestler]], among others; as well as a documentary about [[England|English]] literary society during the period after [[World War I]] until [[World War II]], which includes [[Stephen Spender]], [[Anthony Powell]], [[Harold Acton]], [[James Lees-Milne]], [[Peter Quennell]], [[Christopher Isherwood]], and [[Diana Mosley]]. Conklin also made ''[[Notes From Under the Volcano]]'' about [[John Huston]]'s making of the film, ''[[Under the Volcano]]''. |
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== Filmography == |
== Filmography == |
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Revision as of 20:43, 30 December 2006
Gary Conklin is an independent American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California.
Conklin works predominantly in the documentary genre. His films focus on cultural icons of the 20th Century. Subjects have included the late American writer and composer Paul Bowles, in Paul Bowles in Morocco, which is as much about the North African country as it is about Bowles; Gore Vidal while running for U.S. Senate in 1982; the American painter Edward Ruscha, and the Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo. Conklin produced and directed a notable film about the the culturally significant period of the 1920's in Berlin, during the Weimar Republic, Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture, which featured interviews with Christopher Isherwood, Louise Brooks, and Arthur Koestler, among others; as well as a documentary about English literary society during the period after World War I until World War II, which includes Stephen Spender, Anthony Powell, Harold Acton, James Lees-Milne, Peter Quennell, Christopher Isherwood, and Diana Mosley. Conklin also made Notes From Under the Volcano about John Huston's making of the film, Under the Volcano.
Filmography
As Producer & Director:
- Paul Bowles in Morocco (1970)
- Rufino Tamayo: The Sources of his Art (1972)
- Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976)
- L.A. Suggested by the Art of Ed Ruscha (1981)
- Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No (1983)
- Notes from Under the Volcano (1984)
- A Question of Class (1992)
- Veracruz, El Espíritu Jarocho (1998)