Jon Behrens

Jon Behrens

Known for
Directing
Born
May 12, 1964
Died
September 5, 2022 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Eugene, Oregon, USA

Biography

Jon Behrens is a Seattle based filmmaker/composer. His films have been screened at film festivals, colleges and museums through out the world since the early 1980’s including screenings at Antimatter Film Festival Canada, Seattle International Film Festival, TIE Film Festival Colorado, London Underground Film Festival, Crossroads Film Festival San Francisco, Festival International des Cinemas Differents et Experimentaux in Paris, Alternative Film and Video festival in Novi Beograd Serbia, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris and many many others. His work ranges from personal film diary’s to abstract hand painted optically printed works. In addition to filmmaking Jon Behrens is also a composer and has created sound designs for most of his own films starting about 10 years ago, as well as non film related compositions. Jon Behrens is also the co-founder co-director of the Interbay Cinema Society which also produces the Engauge Experimental Film Festival.

Known For

Filmography

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Late Summer Superimpositions

Late Summer Superimpositions

Movie · Director

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Color Abstractions #8

Color Abstractions #8

Movie · Director

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Revolve

Revolve

Movie · Director

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Atomic Theory and Chemistry

Atomic Theory and Chemistry

Movie · Director

2022
Road Trip 21 poster

Road Trip 21

Movie · Director

2021
My Stars poster

My Stars

Movie · Director

2020
All The Pretty Summer Colors poster

All The Pretty Summer Colors

Movie · Director

2020
Look closely and you will see poster

Look closely and you will see

Movie · Director

2020
Viaduct poster

Viaduct

Movie · Director

2019
A Winter Song poster

A Winter Song

Movie · Director

2019
Recycled Realizations poster

Recycled Realizations

Movie · Director

2019
Bleach Bypass poster

Bleach Bypass

Movie · Director

2019
In the Autumn Before the Winter Comes Man's Last Made Surge of Youth poster

In the Autumn Before the Winter Comes Man's Last Made Surge of Youth

Movie · Director

2019
Snow Film poster

Snow Film

Movie · Director

2019
Earth Water Sky

Earth Water Sky

Movie · Director

2018
A Film Containing Trees poster

A Film Containing Trees

Movie · Director

2018
Light Coins poster

Light Coins

Movie · Director

2017
Found Footage Film

Found Footage Film

Movie · Director

2017
Modular on the Spot

Modular on the Spot

Movie · Director

2017
As the Snow Begins to Melt

As the Snow Begins to Melt

Movie · Director

2016
A City in Four Parts poster

A City in Four Parts

Movie · Director

2016
An Afternoon at Oyster Bay poster

An Afternoon at Oyster Bay

Movie · Director

2016
Two Roll Camera Roll poster

Two Roll Camera Roll

Movie · Director

2016
Me And My Friend poster

Me And My Friend

Movie · Director

2016
Kirsten McCory poster

Kirsten McCory

Movie · Director

2015
Meandering poster

Meandering

Movie · Director

2015
The Colors of Boulder in the Summer poster

The Colors of Boulder in the Summer

Movie · Director

2014
Retina Circus

Retina Circus

Movie · Director

2013
A Beginning a Middle and an End poster

A Beginning a Middle and an End

Movie · Director

2013
One Minute Movie No. 1

One Minute Movie No. 1

Movie · Director

2013
One Minute Movie #4

One Minute Movie #4

Movie · Director

2009
a meditation in color and light

a meditation in color and light

Movie · Director

2008
The Production and Decay of Strange Particles poster

The Production and Decay of Strange Particles

Movie · Director

2007
An Optical Printer Duet poster

An Optical Printer Duet

Movie · Director

2006
Six Arms - Homage to Mekas poster

Six Arms - Homage to Mekas

Movie · Director

2006
The Astrum Argentinum poster

The Astrum Argentinum

Movie · Director

2003
Anomalies of the Unconscious poster

Anomalies of the Unconscious

Movie · Director

2003
Vernal Obeisance poster

Vernal Obeisance

Movie · Director

2001
All Saints Day II poster

All Saints Day II

Movie · Director

2001
The Flickering of the Minds Eye poster

The Flickering of the Minds Eye

Movie · Director

2001
All Saints Day poster

All Saints Day

Movie · Director

2000
The Last Ten Minutes of Existence poster

The Last Ten Minutes of Existence

Movie · Director

1999
Prostian Neurosis poster

Prostian Neurosis

Movie · Director

1999
Bipacking Experiments No 1

Bipacking Experiments No 1

Movie · Director

1998
Fluffy Fluffy Calm Calm poster

Fluffy Fluffy Calm Calm

Movie · Director

1997
Desert Abstractions poster

Desert Abstractions

Movie · Director

1997
Stan's Salon poster

Stan's Salon

Movie · Director

1996
The Movement of Light at Night poster

The Movement of Light at Night

Movie · Director

1995
Girl and a Bicycle poster

Girl and a Bicycle

Movie · Director

1995
A Little Splinter of Time poster

A Little Splinter of Time

Movie · Director

1995
Seven Minutes in May poster

Seven Minutes in May

Movie · Director

1994
Undercurrents poster

Undercurrents

Movie · Director

1993
Difficult Cinema

Difficult Cinema

Movie · Director

1993
Liquid poster

Liquid

Movie · Director

1992
Reflections poster

Reflections

Movie · Director

1990
Symmetry poster

Symmetry

Movie · Director

1989
Exposures poster

Exposures

Movie · Director

1988
Light and Water #1

Light and Water #1

Movie · Director

1987
Light Color and Water poster

Light Color and Water

Movie · Director

1987
Kodachrome Revisited poster

Kodachrome Revisited

Movie · Director