Leighton Pierce
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".
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Movies (48)
CARBON
2025 · Director
Wasp Radial
2024 · Director
South Los Angeles Street
2023 · Director
Everything's gonna be OK
2022 · Director
DECK
2018 · Director
Candle Loopedy Loop
2016 · Director
White Ash
2014 · Director
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2012 · Director
Sitting
2010 · Director
Retrograde Premonition
2010 · Director
Sharp Edge Blunt
2010 · Director
I Know, I Know
2010 · Director
Stone Moss
2008 · Director
Number One
2007 · Director
My Person in the Water
2006 · Director
Hammock
2005 · Director
Viscera
2004 · Director
A Private Happiness
2003 · Director
Pink Socks
2003 · Director
37th & Lex.
2002 · Director
Water Seeking its Level
2002 · Director
Fall (3 parts)
2002 · Director
Evaporation
2002 · Director
Veiled Red
2001 · Director
The Back Steps
2001 · Director
Wood
2000 · Director
Folded Time, Take 17
2000 · Director
Glass
1998 · Director
Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27
1997 · Director
Puppy-Go-Round
1996 · Director
50 Feet of String
1995 · Director
Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)
1994 · Director
Blue Hat
1993 · Director
Red Shovel
1992 · Director
Deer Isle #5: The Crossing
1992 · Director
Thursday
1991 · Director
Principles of Harmonic Motion
1991 · Director
You Can Drive the Big Rigs
1989 · Director
What's Left is Wind
1988 · Director
On the Road Going Through
1987 · Director
Red Swing
1986 · Director
Cumulonimbus
1986 · Director
The Miracle of Change
1984 · Director
These Are the Directions I Give to a Stranger
1984 · Director
And Sometimes the Boats Are Low
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer
Not Much Time
1982 · Director
He Said Without Moving
1981 · Director
He Likes to Chop Down Trees
1980 · Director
TV shows (0)
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