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Michael Blackwood
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.
Directing (142)
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires2014 · Director
Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital
Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital2014 · Director
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham2014 · Director
The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY
The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY2012 · Director
The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary
The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary2012 · Director
David Chipperfield: Form Matters
David Chipperfield: Form Matters2012 · Director
Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice
Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice2012 · Director
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor2012 · Director
Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity
Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity2012 · Director
Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture
Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture2012 · Director
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering2011 · Director
The Artist's Studio: Donald Judd
The Artist's Studio: Donald Judd2011 · Director
Two Artists: Andrea Zittel and Monika Sosnowska 1:1
Two Artists: Andrea Zittel and Monika Sosnowska 1:12011 · Director
Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering2010 · Director
New York Dance: States of Performance
New York Dance: States of Performance2010 · Director
Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect
Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect2009 · Director
Germany's Cold War Cultures 1949-1989: Re-thinking the Art History of a Politically Divided Country
Germany's Cold War Cultures 1949-1989: Re-thinking the Art History of a Politically Divided Country2009 · Director
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering2009 · Director
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden2009 · Director
Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering2008 · Director
The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes
The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes2007 · Director
Bernd and Hilla Becher: 4 Decades
Bernd and Hilla Becher: 4 Decades2007 · Director
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades2007 · Director
Hans Haacke: 4 Decades
Hans Haacke: 4 Decades2007 · Director
Jeff Wall: Retrospective
Jeff Wall: Retrospective2007 · Director
Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades
Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades2006 · Director
Brice Marden: 4 Decades
Brice Marden: 4 Decades2006 · Director
Richard Meier in Rome: Building a Church in the City of Churches
Richard Meier in Rome: Building a Church in the City of Churches2006 · Director
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades2005 · Director
Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements
Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements2005 · Director
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression2005 · Director
Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades
Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades2005 · Director
A Day with Zaha Hadid
A Day with Zaha Hadid2004 · Director
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney2004 · Director
What is Minimalism?: The American Perspective 1958-1968
What is Minimalism?: The American Perspective 1958-19682004 · Director
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality2004 · Director
Noemie Lafrance: Noir - Site Specific Choreography
Noemie Lafrance: Noir - Site Specific Choreography2004 · Director
Aberrant Architectures?: Diller + Scofidio at the Whitney Museum
Aberrant Architectures?: Diller + Scofidio at the Whitney Museum2003 · Director
Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist
Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist2003 · Director
Conversations with Philip Guston
Conversations with Philip Guston2003 · Director
After September 11th: Reimagining Manhattan's Downtown
After September 11th: Reimagining Manhattan's Downtown2003 · Director
The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century
The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century2003 · Director
Streb: Pop Action
Streb: Pop Action2002 · Director
Sally Gross: A Life in Dance
Sally Gross: A Life in Dance2001 · Director
Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art
Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art2001 · Director
Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades
Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades2001 · Director
Berlin's Jewish Museum: A Personal Tour with Daniel Libeskind
Berlin's Jewish Museum: A Personal Tour with Daniel Libeskind2001 · Director
The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era
The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era2001 · Director
Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy
Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy2000 · Director
The New Modernists: German Architecture for the 21st Century
The New Modernists: German Architecture for the 21st Century1999 · Director
Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse
Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse1999 · Director
Steven Holl: The Body in Space
Steven Holl: The Body in Space1999 · Director
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language1999 · Director
The Once and Future Pariser Platz: A Square in Berlin Comes Back
The Once and Future Pariser Platz: A Square in Berlin Comes Back1999 · Director
Balanchine Lives!
Balanchine Lives!1998 · Director
Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible
Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible1997 · Director
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music1997 · Director
Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
Louis Kahn: Silence and Light1996 · Director
Glen Tetley: Pierrot's Tower
Glen Tetley: Pierrot's Tower1995 · Director
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo and Jeanne-Claude1995 · Director
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Crew (132)
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham2014 · producer
Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital
Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital2014 · producer
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires2014 · producer
Joan Jonas: Reanimation
Joan Jonas: Reanimation2013 · producer
The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY
The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY2012 · producer
The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary
The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary2012 · producer
Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity
Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity2012 · producer
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor2012 · producer
David Chipperfield: Form Matters
David Chipperfield: Form Matters2012 · producer
Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice
Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice2012 · producer
Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture
Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture2012 · producer
The Artist's Studio: Donald Judd
The Artist's Studio: Donald Judd2011 · producer
Two Artists: Andrea Zittel and Monika Sosnowska 1:1
Two Artists: Andrea Zittel and Monika Sosnowska 1:12011 · producer
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering2011 · producer
New York Dance: States of Performance
New York Dance: States of Performance2010 · producer
Nakagin Capsule Tower: Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction
Nakagin Capsule Tower: Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction2010 · producer
Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering2010 · producer
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden2009 · producer
Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect
Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect2009 · producer
Yoshiko Chuma: A Page Out of Order
Yoshiko Chuma: A Page Out of Order2009 · producer
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering2009 · producer
Germany's Cold War Cultures 1949-1989: Re-thinking the Art History of a Politically Divided Country
Germany's Cold War Cultures 1949-1989: Re-thinking the Art History of a Politically Divided Country2009 · producer
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades2007 · producer
Hans Haacke: 4 Decades
Hans Haacke: 4 Decades2007 · producer
Jeff Wall: Retrospective
Jeff Wall: Retrospective2007 · producer
Bernd and Hilla Becher: 4 Decades
Bernd and Hilla Becher: 4 Decades2007 · producer
The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes
The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes2007 · producer
Brice Marden: 4 Decades
Brice Marden: 4 Decades2006 · producer
Richard Meier in Rome: Building a Church in the City of Churches
Richard Meier in Rome: Building a Church in the City of Churches2006 · producer
Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades
Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades2006 · producer
Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements
Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements2005 · producer
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression2005 · producer
Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades
Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades2005 · producer
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades2005 · producer
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney2004 · producer
What is Minimalism?: The American Perspective 1958-1968
What is Minimalism?: The American Perspective 1958-19682004 · producer
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality2004 · producer
A Day with Zaha Hadid
A Day with Zaha Hadid2004 · producer
Aberrant Architectures?: Diller + Scofidio at the Whitney Museum
Aberrant Architectures?: Diller + Scofidio at the Whitney Museum2003 · producer
After September 11th: Reimagining Manhattan's Downtown
After September 11th: Reimagining Manhattan's Downtown2003 · producer
Conversations with Philip Guston
Conversations with Philip Guston2003 · producer
Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist
Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist2003 · producer
The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century
The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century2003 · producer
Streb: Pop Action
Streb: Pop Action2002 · producer
Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades
Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades2001 · producer
Sally Gross: A Life in Dance
Sally Gross: A Life in Dance2001 · producer
Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art
Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art2001 · producer
Berlin's Jewish Museum: A Personal Tour with Daniel Libeskind
Berlin's Jewish Museum: A Personal Tour with Daniel Libeskind2001 · producer
The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era
The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era2001 · producer
Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy
Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy2000 · producer
Steven Holl: The Body in Space
Steven Holl: The Body in Space1999 · producer
The New Modernists: German Architecture for the 21st Century
The New Modernists: German Architecture for the 21st Century1999 · producer
The Once and Future Pariser Platz: A Square in Berlin Comes Back
The Once and Future Pariser Platz: A Square in Berlin Comes Back1999 · producer
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language1999 · producer
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music1997 · producer
Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America
Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America1995 · producer
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo and Jeanne-Claude1995 · producer
Glen Tetley: Pierrot's Tower
Glen Tetley: Pierrot's Tower1995 · producer
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move1995 · producer
Robert Morris: Retrospective
Robert Morris: Retrospective1994 · producer
… and 72 more