Directing
James Broughton
EN, FR cinema · 33 credits
Born
10 November 1913
Died
7 May 1999 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Modesto, California
James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta. His work is quintessentially Californian – exploring and engaging the polar frontiers of wildness and civility, male and female, body and spirit—with the crash of Pacific Ocean waves echoing throughout. "Ultimately I have learned more about poetry / from music and magic than from literature," he wrote.
Known for
Filmography
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
as Himself (archive footage)
Fellow Travelers
as Self (archive)
Scattered Remains
Actor, Director
Devotions
Actor, Director, Writer
Shaman Psalm
Actor, Director
The Gardener of Eden
Director, Writer
Hermes Bird
as Narration, Director
Cinématon
as N°409
Song of the Godbody
Actor, Director
Windowmobile
Director
Together
1976
Together
Actor, Director
Erogeny
Director
The Water Circle
Actor, Director
Testament
as Self, Director
High Kukus
Actor, Director
Dreamwood
Director, Writer
This is It
Director
The Golden Positions
Director
Nuptiae
1969
Nuptiae
Director
The Bed
Director
The Pleasure Garden
Director, Writer
Adventures of Jimmy
Actor, Director
Mother's Day
Director, Writer
The Potted Psalm
Director