Edgar Howard
- Known for
- Directing
Biography
Edgar Howard is the Founder and President of Checkerboard Films, a non-profit foundation established in 1979 to document the American arts for archival and educational purposes. He has produced and/or directed over 45 films, beginning with his first profile on painter Brice Marden in 1977.
Known For

Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest

Yvonne Jacquette: Autumn Expansion

Vincent Scully: An Art Historian Among Architects

Duane Michals (1939-1997)

Jeff Koons: The Whitney Retrospective

Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular Evolution

John Richardson: The Art of Picasso 1927-1973

Inventing Cornell Tech: The Vision

On The Wings of Brancusi

Frank Stella: Black Aluminum Copper

The Architecture and Art of Cornell Tech

Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art
Filmography
Brice Marden
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Vladimir Kagan: A Life of Design
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Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory
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Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest
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Frank Stella: Black Aluminum Copper
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James Rosenquist Up Close
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On The Wings of Brancusi
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The Architecture and Art of Cornell Tech
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John Richardson: The Art of Picasso 1927-1973
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Inventing Cornell Tech: The Vision
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Jeff Koons: The Whitney Retrospective
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Eric Fischl: The Process of Painting
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Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art
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James Salter: A Sport and a Pastime
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Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings
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Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments
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Yvonne Jacquette: Autumn Expansion
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Duane Michals (1939-1997)
Movie · Director