James Broughton
Directing
- Born
- November 10, 1913 · Modesto, California
- Died
- May 7, 1999 (age 85)
James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta. His work is quintessentially Californian – exploring and engaging the polar frontiers of wildness and civility, male and female, body and spirit—with the crash of Pacific Ocean waves echoing throughout. "Ultimately I have learned more about poetry / from music and magic than from literature," he wrote.
Known for
High Kukus
December 31, 1973
The Bed
December 31, 1967
This is It
November 25, 1971
Mother's Day
August 27, 1948
The Potted Psalm
November 1, 1946
Four in the Afternoon
September 28, 1951
Loony Tom the Happy Lover
September 28, 1951
Dreamwood
March 16, 1972
Erogeny
January 1, 1976
The Pleasure Garden
October 16, 1953
The Golden Positions
July 30, 1970
Testament
January 1, 1974
Behind the camera23
- 1988Scattered Remains Director
- 1983Devotions Director, Writer
- 1981The Gardener of Eden Director, Writer
- 1981Shaman Psalm Director
- 1979Hermes Bird Director
- 1977Windowmobile Director
- 1977Song of the Godbody Director
- 1976Erogeny Director
- 1976Together Director
- 1975The Water Circle Director