Jeff Keen
- Directing
- November 26, 1923 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
- June 21, 2012
Biography
Jeff Keen (1923–2012) was a pioneer of experimental film whose rapid-fire animations, multiple screen projections and raucous performances redefined multimedia art in Britain. Keen was a veteran of the Second World War, and his work powerfully evokes the violence, colour, speed and noise of the 20th century. He transformed cinema into a riotous collage of comics, drawings, B-movie posters, plastic toys, burning props and extravagant costumes. His early 8 mm and 16 mm films are built for speed, combining footage of Beat-era motifs – jazz, motorbikes and car culture – with experimental animations in which the achievements and atrocities of the 20th century seem to flash by within a few short, cacophonous seconds. A single frame could not contain the frenzied energy of Keen’s imagination, and by the mid-1960s he began to use multiple screens and live action in presentations of his work.
Known for
Filmography
- Eyeblaze · Director
- Omozap Terribelis · Director
- Afterblatz 2 · Director
- Joy Thru Film · Director
- Art Flies Free · Self
- Kino Staccato · Director
- Omozap in Artwar · Director
- Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3 · Director
- Artwar · Director
- Hamma Blatz Onata · Director
- Artwar: The Last Frontier · Director
- Kino Pulveriso · Director
- Plazmatic Blatz · Director
- Omozap 2 · Director
- Omozap · Director
- Blazomatika · Director
- Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo · Director
- Artwar Loop 1 · Director
- Blatzom in Artwar · Director
- Plasticator · Director
- B-B-B Bom and Life Storm · Director
- Artwar Loop 2 · Director
- Pulverised Cinema · Director
- Spontaneous Combustion · Director
- Blatzom · Director
- The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke · Director
- Return of Silver Head · Silver Head, Director
- Victory Thru Film Power · Director
- The Cartoon Theatre of Dr Gaz · Director
- Mad Love · Director
- Godzilla: Last of the Creatures · Director
- Diary Films · Director
- 24 Films · Director
- Lone Star · Director
- Rosa Canina · Director
- White Dust · Director
- Stolen Moments · Director
- Rayday Film · Director
- Day of the Arcane Light · Director
- Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman) · Director
- Meatdaze · Director
- White Lite · Director, Writer
- Marvo Movie · Director, Writer
- Cineblatz · Director
- Missing Close-ups · Director
- Instant Cinema · Director
- Flik Flak · Director
- The Games and Diversions of Dr. Gaz · Director
- The Pink Auto · Director
- Breakout · Director
- Like the Time Is Now · Director
- The Autumn Feast · Cinematography, Director
- Wail · Director