Man Ray

Man Ray

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Born
August 27, 1890
Died
November 18, 1976

American painter and artist in various media who participated in a few films. He helped found the Dada movement and was the prime American participant in the Surrealist movement. An American expatriate to Paris in the 1920s, he was a member of the so-called "Lost Generation" of creative minds…

Biography

American painter and artist in various media who participated in a few films. He helped found the Dada movement and was the prime American participant in the Surrealist movement. An American expatriate to Paris in the 1920s, he was a member of the so-called "Lost Generation" of creative minds associated with that time and place. His art encompassed not only painting but photography and collage. He acted for René Clair in one film and was assistant director to Marcel Duchamp on another. He directed a few films of a surrealist nature in the 1920s.

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Anemic CinemaAnemic Cinema(1926)

Camera and Electrical Department

Show BoatShow Boat(1951)
Pandora and the Flying DutchmanPandora and the Flying Dutchman(1951)

Additional Crew

PréfacesPréfaces(1989)
Dreams That Money Can BuyDreams That Money Can Buy(1947)

Thanks

Dream WorkDream Work(2001)

Archive Footage

Révolutions surréalistes(2024)as Self
CompressionCompression(1995)as Self
History's Greatest MysteriesHistory's Greatest Mysteries(2020)as Self - Photographer
The Andy Warhol DiariesThe Andy Warhol Diaries(2022)as Self - Artist
100 Years of Ulysses100 Years of Ulysses(2022)as Self

Archive Sound

CartographyCartography(2026)as Self

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Man Ray Paris, c. 1950