Bio

Ross Lipman's films and live cinema performances have been presented at venues ranging from the Oberhausen International Film Festival to the Chinese Taipei Film Archive. He is a former member of Budapest's Bela Balazs Studios and his works have been collected by institutions and museums including the Sammlung Goetz in Munich. Lipman is also one of the world's leading figures in the restoration of experimental and independent cinema. His writings on film history, aesthetics and technology have been published in numerous books and journals.  In 2007, 2008, and 2010 he was honored with National Society of Film Critics' Heritage Awards. 

 

Works

Dr. Bish Remedies

  • 2013
  • Ross Lipman

From Ross Lipman's “personal ethnographies” series, an informal visit with legendary filmmaker Bruce Baillie at his home on Camano Island in Washington State.

Dr. Bish Remedies

Cropping of the Spectacle, The

  • 2011
  • Ross Lipman

“The Cropping of the Spectacle” began as a live cinema performance investigating the birth of the Television Spectacle in 1954 McCarthy's America. Based loosely on the classic anarchist documentary “Point of Order” (Emile de Antonio/Dan Talbot, 1964); a film which at once deconstructed the hearings and re-invented documentary strategies.

Cropping of the Spectacle, The