Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Birth : 1901-06-04, Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA

Death : 1974-01-01

History

Filmmaker James Edward Davis (June 4, 1901 - 1974) was raised in West Virginia and attended college at Princeton University; save for some years of study in France, and a period in the 1930s during the Depression, when he taught in West Virginia, he spent most of his life at Princeton. He was a painter as well as a member of the art department at the University. His interest in experimentation led him, in the 1930s, to paint on glass and on plastic instead of canvas.

Profile

Jim Davis

Movies

Sea Rhythms
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experimental film by Jim Davis
Prismatic Variations
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Experimental film by Jim Davis.
Fathomless
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An experimental film by Jim Davis, dedicated to Georgine F. Hall.
Death and Transfiguration
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experimental film by Jim Davis featuring bodies and colored light
Pennsylvania/Chicago/Illinois
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experimental film by Jim Davis
A Dream of Space
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1959 Jim Davis short
Impulses
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1959 experimental short by Jim Davis.
Variations on a Theme
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1957 Jim Davis short
Pertaining to Chicago
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1957 Jim Davis short
Energies
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1957 short film by Jim Davis.
Let There Be Light
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Writ in Water
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Experimental film by Jim Davis
Becoming
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A 1955 experimental film directed by Jim Davis.
Evolution
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"I try to leave the imagination of the spectator as free as possible by using purely invented, abstract forms rather than representational forms. In watching these films it is not necessary to search for hidden meanings of try to associate these invented forms with familiar objects. The spectator may simply relax and look at these films as one would listen to music in order to fully respond to them." -Davis
Like a Breeze
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1954 Jim Davis short
Analogies No. 1
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Experimental filmmaker James Davis draws parallels between reflective surfaces both real and artificial.
Thru the Looking Glass - A Fantasy
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Color Dances No. 1
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A 1952 experimental film by director Jim Davis.
Landscape
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experimental film by Jim Davis
Reflections No. 8
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Jim Davis short shown at Art in Cinema, spring 1950.
Color and Light
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Jim Davis short shown at Art in Cinema, spring 1950.
Path of Motion
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1950 Jim Davis short
The Sea
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1950 Jim Davis short
Taliesin - East
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1950 Jim Davis short
Taliesin - West
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1950 Jim Davis short film
Pertaining to Marin
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1950 Jim Davis short
Reflections, No. 11
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Experimental film by Jim Davis
Jersey Fall
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Experimental film by Jim Davis.
Light Reflections
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Early experimental film by Jim Davis.
Paintings and Plastics
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Experimental film by Jim Davis