Storm De Hirsch Movies

"I wanted badly to make an animated short and had no camera available. I did have some old, unused film stock and several roles of 16mm sound tape....

Dedicated to all the magic makers of the world who weave a talisman for man's rebirth in his house of breath.

"The shape of change, the shape of memory has walked many miles in the mind to recreate a landscape, a manner of subterranean speech which may never...

"Metaphysical sketches of my stay at the Neil Ives house in Woodstock where the artist lived and painted" — S.D.H. Film 6 of 6 in the...

"Tonight is a snowbird with heart hung hostage in a water drop, its iceflaked starfeet remembering the gargoyle's empty threat to drown in rivulets...

Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.

Film 5 of 6 in the Cine-Songs Program.

Geometrics of the Kabbalah (1975) Short film Dir. Storm De Hirsch "5 is water, 5 is the letter X. 5 is distance. 5 says no. 5 laughs when divided...

Film 1 of 6 in the Cine-Songs Program.

A dramatic feature shot on location in Rome. Centered around the adventures and illusions of three girls living abroad, the film explores their...

“Third Eye Butterfly” is a double 16mm projection piece in which the two screens – at times divided within into additional...

"A day stands still and can be seen sprouting from its socket, a long toothed day eats its quiet bread and stands as still as ears of corn drying in...

Six films in one reel: The Reticule of Love; The Recurring Dream; Aristotle; Malevitch at the Guggenheim; Silently, Bearing Totem of a Bird; Ives...

Film 2 of 6 in the Cine-Songs Program.

Children of the water world drift the ocean in an empty crystal ball, swim in beaded beds of mist, and spawn in pools of murder to see a lantern sunk...

In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....