Leighton Pierce
Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1954 (age 71) · Rochester, NY, USA
Leighton Pierce, born John Leighton Pierce, is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Video at CalArts since the summer of 2014. He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a hypnotic effect as well as his use of sound design. The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water". Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience".
Known for
50 Feet of String
January 1, 1995
Veiled Red
January 1, 2001
And Sometimes the Boats Are Low
March 11, 1983
White Ash
September 7, 2014
He Likes to Chop Down Trees
January 1, 1980
Everything's gonna be OK
March 30, 2022
I Know, I Know
January 1, 2010
Hammock
January 1, 2005
You Can Drive the Big Rigs
January 1, 1989
Red Shovel
March 17, 1992
Thursday
March 21, 1991
Glass
March 21, 1998
Behind the camera48
- 2025CARBON Director
- 2024Wasp Radial Director
- 2023South Los Angeles Street Director
- 2022Everything's gonna be OK Director
- 2018DECK Director
- 2016Candle Loopedy Loop Director
- 2014White Ash Director
- 2012Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand Director
- 2010Sitting Director
- 2010Retrograde Premonition Director