Robert Beavers

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American filmmaker (born 1949)

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::summary American filmmaker (born 1949) ::

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Field	Value
name	Robert Beavers
image	Robert Beavers 2019.jpg
caption	Robert Beavers in 2019
birth_date
birth_place	Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
education	Deerfield Academy (dropped out)
occupation	Filmmaker
partner	Gregory Markopoulos (1966–1992; his death)
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| name = Robert Beavers | image = Robert Beavers 2019.jpg | caption = Robert Beavers in 2019 | birth_date = | birth_place = Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Deerfield Academy (dropped out) | occupation = Filmmaker | notable_works = | partner = Gregory Markopoulos (1966–1992; his death) | children = Robert Beavers (born 1949) is an American experimental filmmaker. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Deerfield Academy which he left before graduating to move to New York in 1965 to pursue filmmaking. He lived in New York until 1967 when he and his partner, Gregory Markopoulos, left the United States for Europe, where they continued to live and make films until Markopoulos's death in 1992.

Both filmmakers restricted the screenings of their films after leaving America, and instead held yearly screenings of their work from 1980 to 1986 at the Temenos, a site near Lyssaraia in Arcadia, Greece. After Markopoulos' death, Beavers founded Temenos, Inc., a non-profit devoted to the preservation of his and Markopoulos's work. Beavers has worked extensively on re-editing his films to create the larger film cycle My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure.

Selected filmography

Spiracle (1966) :16mm, color, sound; 12 minutes
Early Monthly Segments (1968?70/2002) :35mm, color, silent; 33 minutes
~Winged Dialogue (1967/2000) and
~Plan of Brussels (1968/2000) :35mm, color, sound; 21 minutes :The final edit combines both films on one reel
~The Count of Days (1969/2001) :35 mm, color, sound; 21 minutes :The final edit includes part of Early Monthly Segments on the same reel
~Palinode (1970/2001) :35mm, color, sound; 21 minutes :The final edit includes part of Early Monthly Segments on the same reel
~Diminished Frame (1970/2001) :35mm, black and white, and color, sound; 24 minutes :The final edit includes part of Early Monthly Segments on the same reel
~Still Light (1970/2001) :35mm, black-and-white and color, sound; 25 minutes
~From the Notebook of (1971/1998) :35mm, color, sound 48 minutes
~The Painting (1972/1999) :35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes
~Work Done (1972/1999) :35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes
~Ruskin (1975/1997) :35mm, black-and-white and color, sound; 45 minutes
~Sotiros (1976-78/1996) :35mm, color, sound; 25 minutes :The final edit comprises three earlier films; Sotiros Responds (1976), Sotiros (Alone) (1977), and Sotiros in the Elements (1978)
~AMOR (1980) :35mm, color, sound; 15 minutes
~Efpsychi (1983/1996) :35mm, color, sound; 20 minutes
~Wingseed (1985) :35mm, color, sound; 15 minutes
~The Hedge Theater (1986?90/2002) :35mm, color, sound; 19 minutes :Includes footage from Borromini (1986) and San Martino/Il Sassetta (1987-1990)
~The Stoas (1991–97) :35mm, color, sound; 22 minutes
~The Ground (1993–2001) :35mm, color, sound; 20 minutes
Pitcher of Colored Light (2007) :35mm, color, sound; 24 minutes
The Suppliant (2010) :16mm, color, sound; 5 minutes
Listening to the Space in my Room (2013) :16mm, color, sound; 19 minutes
Among the Eucalyptuses (2017) :16mm, color; 4 minutes
“Der Klang, die Welt…” (2018) :16mm, color, sound; 4 minutes
Dedication: Bernice Hodges (2024) :5 minutes

~Part of the cycle My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure (1967–2002)

Bibliography

Selected articles:

Beavers, Robert. Writings Millennium Film Journal no. 32/33 Fall 1988.
Beavers, Robert. The Searching Measure. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, 2004.
Pipolo, Toni. "An Interview with Robert Beavers" Millennium Film Journal no. 32/33 Fall 1988.
Iles, Chrissie. "Frames of Mind" Artforum September, 2005.

References

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