Lewis Klahr
Lewis KLAHR (1956, USA) is also called 'the reigning proponent of cut and paste'. He has been directing and writing films since 1977 and is known for his unique, experimental films and cut-out animations that have been shown worldwide. In 2010, his film Wednesday Morning Two A.M. won him a Tiger Award for Short Films at International Film Festival Rotterdam. The Moon Has Its Reasons (2012) was nominated for the prize for best short film at Rome Film Fest and the Tribeca Film Festival. Klahr is also a teacher at the Institute of Arts in California.
Filmography
(selection) Her Fragrant Emulsion (1987, short), The Pharaoh's Belt (1993, short), Altair (1994, short), Downs Are Feminine (1994, short), Green '62 (1996, short), Lulu (1996, short), Calendar the Siamese (1997, short), Pony Glass (1998, short), Marietta's Lied (1998, short), Govinda (1999, short), Elsa Kirk (1999, short), A Failed Cardigan Maneuver (1999, short), Engram Sepals (2000, short), Daylight Moon (2002, short), The Aperture of Ghostings (2002, short), Two Minutes to Zero (2004, short), The Diptherians Episode Two: The Rhythm That Forgets Itself (2008, short), False Aging (2008, short), Wednesday Morning Two A.M. (2009, short), April Snow (2010, short), The Pettifogger (2011), Kiss the Rain (2012, short), The Street of Everlasting Rain (2012, short), The Moon Has Its Reasons (2012, short), Helen of T (2013, short), Ichor (2013, short), Orphacles (2013, short), The Occidental Hotel (2013, short), Mars Garden (2015, short), Sixty Six (2015)
Lewis Klahr at IFFR
The Pharaoh's belt
45'
USA
IFFR 1994
Calendar the Siamese
30'
USA
IFFR 1998
Lulu
3'
USA
IFFR 1998
Pony Glass
13'
USA
IFFR 1998
Marietta's Lied
5'
USA
IFFR 1999
Altair
8'
USA
IFFR 2001
Downs Are Feminine
9'
USA
IFFR 2001
Elsa Kirk
5'
USA
IFFR 2001
Engram Sepals
6'
USA
IFFR 2001
A Failed Cardigan Maneuver
15'
USA
IFFR 2001
Govinda
23'
USA
IFFR 2001
Pony Glass
15'
USA
IFFR 2001
Daylight Moon
14'
USA
IFFR 2003
Elsa Kirk
5'
USA
IFFR 2004
Two Minutes to Zero
1'
USA
IFFR 2004
The Diptherians Episode Two: The Rhythm That Forgets Itself
12'
USA
IFFR 2009
False Aging
14'
USA
IFFR 2009
Wednesday Morning Two A.M.
7'
USA
IFFR 2010
The Pettifogger
65'
USA
IFFR 2012
Well Then There Now
19'
USA
IFFR 2012
Kiss the Rain
6'
USA
IFFR 2013
The Street of Everlasting Rain
8'
USA
IFFR 2013
Helen of T
7'
USA
IFFR 2014
Sixty Six
90'
USA
IFFR 2016