Leighton Pierce

Oct 27, 1954 - Rochester, NY, USA

Leighton Pierce, born John Leighton Pierce, is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Video at CalArts since the summer of 2014. He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a hypnotic effect as well as his use of sound design. The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water". Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience".

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Movie	2022	Everything's gonna be OK	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	I Know, I Know	Director	Directing
Movie	2005	Hammock	Director	Directing
Movie	1989	You Can Drive the Big Rigs	Director	Directing
Movie	1992	Red Shovel	Director	Directing
Movie	1995	50 Feet of String	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	Thursday	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	On the Road Going Through	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Viscera	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Retrograde Premonition	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	My Person in the Water	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	37th & Lex.	Director	Directing
Movie	1998	Glass	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	A Private Happiness	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Sitting	Director	Directing
Movie	2014	White Ash	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Wood	Director	Directing
Movie	2008	Stone Moss	Director	Directing
Movie	2016	Candle Loopedy Loop	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	And Sometimes the Boats Are Low	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	He Said Without Moving	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	He Likes to Chop Down Trees	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	What's Left is Wind	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	Red Swing	Director	Directing
Movie	1992	Deer Isle #5: The Crossing	Director	Directing
Movie	1994	Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	Principles of Harmonic Motion	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	Pink Socks	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Fall (3 parts)	Director	Directing
Movie	2001	Veiled Red	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	Number One	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Blue Hat	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Sharp Edge Blunt	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Water Seeking its Level	Director	Directing
Movie	1997	Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27	Director	Directing
Movie	1996	Puppy-Go-Round	Director	Directing
Movie	2001	The Back Steps	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Folded Time, Take 17	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Evaporation	Director	Directing
Movie	2023	South Los Angeles Street	Director	Directing
Movie	2024	Wasp Radial	Director	Directing
Movie	2012	Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand	Director	Directing
Movie	2018	DECK	Director	Directing
Movie	1982	Not Much Time	Director	Directing
Movie	1984	These Are the Directions I Give to a Stranger	Director	Directing
Movie	1984	The Miracle of Change	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	And Sometimes the Boats Are Low	Writer	Writing
Movie	1983	And Sometimes the Boats Are Low	Producer	Production

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