Larry Clark

January 19, 1948

Rebellion (also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers). He directed the feature films Passing Through (1977) and Cutting Horse (2002). He is also a film professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Clark received a bachelor"s degree at Miami University, prior to arriving at University of California, Los Angeles, where he majored in film. While a student at University of California, Los Angeles, Clark taught film workshops at the Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles (PASLA), under the guidance of Vantile Whitfield. Early career Clark was a cinematographer for 1972"s Wattstax and his recollections of the making of the film are included on a commentary track of the 2004 special-edition Digital Video Disc of the restored film. Several crew and cast members are on the track, including First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bell, president of Stax Records and producer of the film, and director Mel Stuart. Clark co-wrote the screenplay with actor Ted Lange. Matthew Duersten of the Los Angeles Weekly described the film as a "potent underground Los Angeles neorealist treatise" that "is raw, gritty, surreal and, at times, terrifying." Special Jury Prize, Locarno International Film Festival.

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University of California, Los Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television. Miami University.

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Rebellion (also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers). He directed the feature films Passing Through (1977) and Cutting Horse (2002). He is also a film professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Clark received a bachelor"s degree at Miami University, prior to arriving at University of California, Los Angeles, where he majored in film.

While a student at University of California, Los Angeles, Clark taught film workshops at the Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles (PASLA), under the guidance of Vantile Whitfield. Early career Clark was a cinematographer for 1972"s Wattstax and his recollections of the making of the film are included on a commentary track of the 2004 special-edition Digital Video Disc of the restored film.

Several crew and cast members are on the track, including First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bell, president of Stax Records and producer of the film, and director Mel Stuart. Clark co-wrote the screenplay with actor Ted Lange.

Matthew Duersten of the Los Angeles Weekly described the film as a "potent underground Los Angeles neorealist treatise" that "is raw, gritty, surreal and, at times, terrifying." Special Jury Prize, Locarno International Film Festival.

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Special Jury Prize, Locarno International Film Festival Festival International du Film d’Amiens, France Cannes International Film Festival (special event) The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Museum of Modern Art, New York City Brooklyn Academy of Music Festival of Pan African Cinema (FESPACO), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Moscow Film Festival (information section) Deauville Film Festival, France San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Los Angeles County Art Museum Pesaro International Film Festival, Pesaro Italy Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani, Torino Italy The Chicago Film Center Auckland Film Festival, New Zealand Perth International Film Festival, Australia.

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