Bill Brand(II)
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Bill Brand's experimental films and videos have screened extensively
since 1973 in the US and abroad in museums, festivals and independent
film showcases. His feature documentary Home Less Home has been seen
worldwide on television and was featured at major film festivals
including the Berlin Film Festival and New Directors/ New Films
Festival. His 1980 Masstransiscope, a mural installed in the subway
system of New York City which is animated by the movement of passing
trains, is a widely regarded work of public art. In 1973 he founded
Chicago Filmmakers, the showcase and workshop and until 1991 served on
the Board of Directors of the Collective for Living Cinema in New York
City. He is currently an Artistic Director of Parabola Arts Foundation
which he co-founded in 1981. Bill Brand lives in New York CIty and is
Professor of Film and Photography at Hampshire College in Amherst,
Massachusetts. Since 1976 he has operated BB Optics, an optical
printing service specializing in 8mm blow-ups and archival preservation
for independent filmmakers, libraries, museums and archives.