Jordan Belson - Filmography

 

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

 

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