Transmutation, 1947, 16mm, b/w (lost)

Improvisation #1, 1948, 16mm, b/w (lost). Still from 1952 AFA publication Films on Art

Mambo, 1951, 16mm, color, sound

Caravan, 1952, 16mm, color, sound

Bop Scotch, 1952, 16mm, color, sound

Mandala, 1953, 16mm, color, sound

Raga, 1958, 16mm

Seance, 1959, 16mm, color, sound

Allures, 1961, 16mm, color, sound. Sound: Jordan Belson and Henry Jacobs.

Re-entry, 1964, 16mm, color, sound. (Ford Foundation Fellowship)

Phenomena, 1965, 16mm, color, sound

Samadhi, 1967, 16mm, color, sound. (Guggenheim Fellowship)

Momentum, 1968, 16mm, color, sound (AFI Grant)

Cosmos, 1968, 16mm, color, sound

World, 1970, 16mm, color, sound

Meditation, 1971, 16mm, color, sound

Chakra, 1972, 16mm, color, sound

Light, 1973, 16mm, color, sound

Cycles, 1975, 16mm, color, sound, 10 min. (collaboration with Stephen Beck, AFI Grant). Sound: Stephen Beck .        Pyramid Film Notes (pdf)

Music of the Spheres, 1977 and 2002 versions, 16mm, color, sound (abridged version, 2002)

Infinity, 1979

Fountain of Dreams, 1984 and 2007, color, sound. Music: Franz Liszt (completed on video; released in 2007)

Northern Lights, 1985, color, sound. Sound: John Luther Adams.

Thoughtforms, 1987

Mysterious Journey, 1997, color, sound, 30 mins (completed on video). Music: Arya Bruce BeeVar, Dawn of Awakening; Somei Satoh, The Heavenly Spheres are Illuminated by Light; Mychael Danna, Sky 9; and Raphael, Resurrection.

Bardo, 2001, color, sound (completed on video). Music: Maggi Payne

Epilogue (completed on video), 2005, color, sound (NASA Art Program Grant). Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Special Effects:

Demon Seed (1977)
The Right Stuff (1983)

Cinematography

The End, Dir: Christopher Maclaine (1953)
Obmaru, Dir: Patricia Marx (1953)

 

 

Compiled by C. Keefer with Jordan Belson, 2007-2010.

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Top image from Samadhi, (c) Jordan Belson

 

 

Cover image from Hirshhorn Calendar, Summer 2005. Allures images (c) Jordan Belson