Michael Blackwood
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Michael Blackwood

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Michael Blackwood Productions is an independent production company that has produced over 150 documentaries on the arts and its contributors, with a focus on architecture and architects, art and artists, dance and choreographers, and music and composers. The collection features over 1,000 participants or subjects, and spans over six decades of documentation, beginning in the 1960s and including earlier material, through the second decade of the 21st Century. The films serve as primary documents for educational and archival purposes, as well as informative and special interest pieces for the general public. A growing number of educational institutions, libraries, museums and various media outlets are acquiring the films around the world. The company is dedicated to preserving the underlying material, and digitizing its analogue portfolio. The collection itself is one of the largest and most significant of its kind.

Directed Films(105)

Empire City
9.0
Empire City
1985
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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
8.0
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1990
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Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
1999
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The New York School
The New York School
1972
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Arata Isozaki II: International Projects
Arata Isozaki II: International Projects
1990
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Mies
Mies
1986
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Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan
Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan
1985
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American Art in the 1960s
American Art in the 1960s
1972
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Broadway Express
Broadway Express
1961
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A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's
A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's
1984
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Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects
10.0
Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects
1989
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Robert Morris: Retrospective
Robert Morris: Retrospective
1994
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Christo: Works in Progress
Christo: Works in Progress
1974
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Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
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Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
1979
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Frank Gehry: The Formative Years
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years
1988
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David Hockney's Diaries
David Hockney's Diaries
1970
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Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism
1978
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Christo: Wrapped Coast
Christo: Wrapped Coast
1969
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Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
2009
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Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality
2003
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Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity
8.0
Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity
2012
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Philip Guston: A Life Lived
Philip Guston: A Life Lived
1982
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Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
1969
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Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World
1978
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The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
2014
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Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
1975
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Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy
Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy
2000
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The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
2012
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Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando
1988
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A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
10.0
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
1986
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The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era
The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era
2001
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After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence
After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence
1992
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Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture
2007
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We Were German Jews
We Were German Jews
1981
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Richard Meier
Richard Meier
1986
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Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis
Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis
1993
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Conversations with Philip Guston
Conversations with Philip Guston
2003
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A Day with Zaha Hadid
A Day with Zaha Hadid
2004
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Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art
Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art
2001
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Art in an Age of Mass Culture
Art in an Age of Mass Culture
1991
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Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy
Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy
1980
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Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact
1984
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Artpark People
Artpark People
1976
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The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY
3.8
The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY
2012
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Scenes Seen with Allen Jones
Scenes Seen with Allen Jones
1970
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo
1995
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Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible
Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible
1997
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Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades
Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades
2006
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Monk in Europe
Monk in Europe
1968
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14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s
14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s
1981
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Monk
5.0
Monk
1968
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Motherwell/Alberti
Motherwell/Alberti
1984
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Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades
2005
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Deconstructivist Architects
Deconstructivist Architects
1990
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Jeff Wall: Retrospective
Jeff Wall: Retrospective
2007
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Hans Haacke: 4 Decades
Hans Haacke: 4 Decades
2007
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Jim Dine: London
Jim Dine: London
1970
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Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches
Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches
2006
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Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades
7.0
Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades
2005
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Hütet eure Töchter!
8.0
Hütet eure Töchter!
1964
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John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds
John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds
1992
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Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering
2010
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Working with Einstein
7.0
Working with Einstein
1979
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Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice
Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice
2012
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Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
9.5
Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
1996
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The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes
The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes
2007
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Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse
Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse
1999
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Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture
7.0
Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture
2012
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Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements
Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements
2005
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Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy
6.0
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy
1994
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Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways
2009
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What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968
What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968
2004
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The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham
2014
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Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist
Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist
2003
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Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
1967
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Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect
Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect
2009
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Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
2.0
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
2005
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Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move
7.0
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move
1995
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The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
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Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius
Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius
1981
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Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital
Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital
2014
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Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering
2008
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Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years
Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years
1975
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Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971
Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971
1972
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Steven Holl: The Body in Space
Steven Holl: The Body in Space
1999
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The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet
The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet
1973
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Jasper Johns: Decoy
Jasper Johns: Decoy
1973
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Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture
Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture
1984
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The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary
The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary
2012
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George Segal
George Segal
2016
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Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music
Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music
1985
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Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden
2009
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Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering
2009
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New York Composers: Searching for a New Music
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music
1996
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4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg
4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg
1988
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Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers
1978
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Brice Marden: 4 Decades
Brice Marden: 4 Decades
2006
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Isamu Noguchi
Isamu Noguchi
1972
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Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers
1972
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Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades
Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades
2001
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Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
2007
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New York Dance States of Performance
New York Dance States of Performance
2010
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Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
2011
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David Chipperfield: Form Matters
David Chipperfield: Form Matters
2012
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