Jeff Keen
Directing · Born Nov 26, 1923 · Died Jun 21, 2012 (88) · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Jeff Keen (1923–2012) was a pioneer of experimental film whose rapid-fire animations, multiple screen projections and raucous performances redefined multimedia art in Britain. Keen was a veteran of the Second World War, and his work powerfully evokes the violence, colour, speed and noise of the 20th century. He transformed cinema into a riotous collage of comics, drawings, B-movie posters, plastic toys, burning props and extravagant costumes. His early 8 mm and 16 mm films are built for speed, combining footage of Beat-era motifs – jazz, motorbikes and car culture – with experimental animations in which the achievements and atrocities of the 20th century seem to flash by within a few short, cacophonous seconds. A single frame could not contain the frenzied energy of Keen’s imagination, and by the mid-1960s he began to use multiple screens and live action in presentations of his work.
Directed
Eyeblaze
2006
Omozap Terribelis
20028.0
Afterblatz 2
20028.0
Joy Thru Film
20008.5
Kino Staccato
19998.0
Omozap in Artwar
19958.0
Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3
19957.9
Artwar
19948.0
Hamma Blatz Onata
1994
Artwar: The Last Frontier
19938.0
Kino Pulveriso
19939.0
Plazmatic Blatz
19918.0
Omozap 2
19917.5
Omozap
19919.0
Artwar Loop 1
19909.0
Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo
19908.0
Plasticator
19908.0
Blazomatika
19908.0
Blatzom in Artwar
19908.0
Artwar Loop 2
19909.0
Pulverised Cinema
19908.0
B-B-B Bom and Life Storm
19908.8
Spontaneous Combustion
19899.0
Blatzom
19868.0
The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke
19849.0
Return of Silver Head
19809.0
Victory Thru Film Power
19809.0
The Cartoon Theatre of Dr Gaz
19799.0
Mad Love
197810.0
Godzilla: Last of the Creatures
19769.0
24 Films
19759.0
Rosa Canina
19758.0
Lone Star
19758.0
White Dust
197210.0
Stolen Moments
19728.0
Rayday Film
19708.0
Day of the Arcane Light
19699.3
Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)
19699.0
Meatdaze
19689.0
White Lite
19688.3
Marvo Movie
19678.0
Cineblatz
19679.0
Missing Close-ups
19659.0
Flik Flak
19659.0
Instant Cinema
19659.3
The Games and Diversions of Dr. Gaz
1965
The Pink Auto
19649.0
Breakout
19628.5
Like the Time Is Now
19619.0
The Autumn Feast
19616.4
Wail
19609.0
