Amos Vogel
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| - | '''Amos Vogel''' (*[[1921]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], born [[Vogelbaum]]) is among the most influential cineasts of the 20th century. He is best known for his book ''[[Film as a Subversive Art]]'' (1974), still among the most unorthodox film histories ever published. | + | '''Amos Vogel''' (born Amos Vogelbaum; April 18, 1921 – April 24, 2012) was one of the most influential [[cinephile]]s in New York. He is best known for his bestselling book ''[[Film as a Subversive Art]]'' (1974) and as the founder of the New York City avantgarde ciné-club [[Cinema 16]] (1947–1963), where he was the first programmer to present films by [[Roman Polanski]], [[John Cassavetes]], [[Nagisa Oshima]], [[Jacques Rivette]] and [[Alain Resnais]] as well as early and important screenings by American avant-gardists of the time like [[Stan Brakhage]], [[Maya Deren]], [[James Broughton]], [[Kenneth Anger]], [[Sidney Peterson]], [[Bruce Conner]], [[Carmen D'Avino]] and many others. In 1963, together with [[Richard Roud]], he founded the [[New York Film Festival]], and served as its program director until 1968. In 1973, Vogel started the Annenberg Cinematheque at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and was eventually given a Chair for film studies at the [[Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania|Annenberg School for Communication]], where he taught and lectured for two decades. |
| - | He was the founder of the New York City avant-garde ciné-club [[Cinema 16]] (1947-1963), where he was the first programmer to present films by [[Roman Polanski]], [[John Cassavetes]], [[Nagisa Oshima]], [[Jacques Rivette]] and [[Alain Resnais]] as well as early and important screenings by American avant-gardists of the time like [[Stan Brakhage]], [[Maya Deren]], [[James Broughton]], [[Kenneth Anger]], [[Sidney Peterson]], [[Bruce Conner]], [[Carmen D'Avino]] and many others. In 1963, together with [[Richard Roud]], he founded the [[New York Film Festival]], and served as its program director until 1968. In 1973, Vogel started the Annenberg Cinematheque at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and was eventually given a Chair for film studies at the [[Annenberg School of Communications]], where he taught and lectured for two decades. | + | Vogel was born in Vienna, Austria. He fled Austria with his parents after the Nazi [[Anschluß]] in 1938 and at first studied animal husbandry at the University of Georgia. In the American South, he noted, the racism was as bad as the [[anti-Semitism]] he witnessed in Europe. Later he received a bachelor's degree from the New School for Social Research in New York. |
| - | He fled Nazism with his parents in 1938 to the American South, where, he noted, the racial divide was analogous to the [[anti-Semitism]] he witnessed in Europe. | + | He is also the author of a book for children, ''How Little Lori Visited Times Square,'' published in 1963 with illustrations by [[Maurice Sendak]]. |
| - | Vogel participated in the 2003 documentary ''In the Mirror of [[Maya Deren]]'' by Martina Kudlácek. | + | Vogel participated in the 2003 documentary ''[[In the Mirror of Maya Deren]]'' by Martina Kudlácek. He died, aged 91, in New York City. |
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| - | ''[[Film as a Subversive Art]]'', 1974 | + | *''[[Film as a Subversive Art]]'', 1974 |
| + | **[[List of films from Film as a Subversive Art]] | ||
| ==Films about Vogel== | ==Films about Vogel== | ||
| - | ''Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16'', Paul Cronin, UK, 2003; 56m | + | ''[[Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16]]''[http://vimeo.com/20313500], Paul Cronin, UK, 2003; 56m |
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Amos Vogel (born Amos Vogelbaum; April 18, 1921 – April 24, 2012) was one of the most influential cinephiles in New York. He is best known for his bestselling book Film as a Subversive Art (1974) and as the founder of the New York City avantgarde ciné-club Cinema 16 (1947–1963), where he was the first programmer to present films by Roman Polanski, John Cassavetes, Nagisa Oshima, Jacques Rivette and Alain Resnais as well as early and important screenings by American avant-gardists of the time like Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren, James Broughton, Kenneth Anger, Sidney Peterson, Bruce Conner, Carmen D'Avino and many others. In 1963, together with Richard Roud, he founded the New York Film Festival, and served as its program director until 1968. In 1973, Vogel started the Annenberg Cinematheque at the University of Pennsylvania and was eventually given a Chair for film studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, where he taught and lectured for two decades.
Vogel was born in Vienna, Austria. He fled Austria with his parents after the Nazi Anschluß in 1938 and at first studied animal husbandry at the University of Georgia. In the American South, he noted, the racism was as bad as the anti-Semitism he witnessed in Europe. Later he received a bachelor's degree from the New School for Social Research in New York.
He is also the author of a book for children, How Little Lori Visited Times Square, published in 1963 with illustrations by Maurice Sendak.
Vogel participated in the 2003 documentary In the Mirror of Maya Deren by Martina Kudlácek. He died, aged 91, in New York City.
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Films about Vogel
Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16[1], Paul Cronin, UK, 2003; 56m
