Hollis Frampton (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Hollis Frampton

Looking for reviews of films directed by Hollis Frampton? Cinafilm has a total of 79 reviews across 3 movies directed by Hollis Frampton.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 63%.

Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia) is Hollis Frampton's highest rated movie, with a score of 69% based on 7 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Hollis Frampton is Winter Solstice, with a score of 58% based on 66 reviews.

Director Biography

Hollis Frampton is known for the broad and restless intelligence he brought to the films he made, beginning in the early '60s, until his death in 1984. In addition to being an important experimental filmmaker, he was also an accomplished photographer and writer, and in the 1970s made significant contributions to the emerging field of computer science. He is considered one of the pioneers of what has come to be termed structuralism, an influential style of experimental filmmaking that uses the basic elements of cinematic language to create works that investigate film form at the expense of traditional narrative content. Along with Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage, he is one of the major figures to emerge from the New York avant-garde film community of the 1960s.

Hollis Frampton has directed films starring Twyla Tharp, Michael Snow, Robert Huot and Marcia Steinbrecher.