Film director Dave Lee: biography, career, and where to

U.S. Tribute to Pre-Cinema and Bill Brand

Dave Lee

Black and white.

U.S. Tribute to Pre-Cinema and Bill Brand

1976

Crux

Dave Lee

One day, under the guidance of Bruce Baillie, I got lost. I ended up shooting on my own. A few weeks later I saw one shot that made me want to go back to that Bedlum of a multi-level parking garage and make my own film. A seed of REMEMBERING: CLEARING SPACE. –D. L.

Crux

1974

Torch Gleam

Dave Lee

16mm film (color, sound); 6 min.

Torch Gleam

1977

Obscenity

Dave Lee

OBSCENITY seeks to find a common history among men. This examination uses animation derived from men's magazines, 'documentary' footage of working men, and personal commentary. The aggression that men in this culture are conditioned to act out, in all its gaudy and ultimately lethal manifestations, is considered with a unique syntax of filmic expression. –D. L.

Obscenity

1981

To a World Not Listening

Dave Lee

A study of outraged street people. A camera and consequent 'good' editing makes people act 'right.' Attention and effort was exercised to keep the people as they were disposed to be with minimal mediation. –D. L.

To a World Not Listening

1980

Fish of the Helix

Dave Lee

Almost EEL.

Fish of the Helix

1973

Archimedes Trilogy

Dave Lee

My first scratch film that is worth your time.

Archimedes Trilogy

1974

Duskly Driven Drift

Dave Lee

An intriguing artistic analysis of approximately 100 baffling frames from EEL. This intuitive examination so carefully deser-like in its many parts. A patient, alpha-floating audience is rewarded in the last 'sex scene.' The print is always never the same. –D. L.

Duskly Driven Drift

1973

Seeds of Sky

Dave Lee

Galaxies are beautiful. Stay tuned...

Seeds of Sky

1973

Sacramental Shadow (Part 3 Balinese Trilogy)

Dave Lee

History of dance buffs, please note: SACRAMENTAL SHADOW includes many shots of Edward Caton as ballet instructor and performer. Caton's 'story' also appears throughout the film. –D. L.

Sacramental Shadow (Part 3 Balinese Trilogy)

1979

Remembering: Clearing Space (Part 1 of Balinese Trilogy)

Dave Lee

"At one level, Lee's title creates a pun on the film's organizing principles, re-membering, as the filmmaker dismembers and recombines elements of the image and soundtracks. But the Balinese source material of REMEMBERINGL CLEARING SPACE is not merely a fortuitous opportunity to explore fundamental qualities of the film medium. Rather, Lee attempts to inscribe into the film's form qualities of Balinese performance and dance." –William

Remembering: Clearing Space (Part 1 of Balinese Trilogy)

1976

Lumina's Gaze

Dave Lee

Fortunately, a very short play of light. I had a crush on the nature of projectors. Bill Judson detected a suspicion that a demon was truly contained in the machines. –D. L.

Lumina's Gaze

1974

Elixer of Growth

Dave Lee

An eccentric and beautifully interiorized understanding of my roots, as in tree. –D. L.

Elixer of Growth

1973

One to One

Dave Lee

A low-budgeted, to-the-point, urban LA REGION CENTRALE.

One to One

1973

Shadow's Track (Part 2 Balinese Trilogy)

Dave Lee

My good friend Mr. E had to walk out. Was Rangda ringing too many changes for even this fearless dreamer? My only rock 'n roll film. –D. L. "I want to see, er, hear it again." –Mr. E.

Shadow's Track (Part 2 Balinese Trilogy)

1979

Swimmer

Dave Lee

A tribute to Brakhage's MOTHLIGHT. While making SWIMMER I perfumed The Pittsburgh Filmmakers' with my bucket of fish gills. –D. L.

Swimmer

1973