Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1954
Place of Birth
Canonsburg, PA
Credits
62 titles
Peggy Ahwesh
Biography
Peggy Ahwesh (b. 1954 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. A bricoleur who has created both narrative works and documentaries, some projects are scripted and others incorporate improvised performance. She makes use of sync sound, found footage, digital animation, and Pixelvision video. Her work is primarily an investigation of cultural identity and the role of the subject in various genres. Her interests include genre; women, sexuality and feminism; reenactment; and artists' books. Her works have been shown worldwide, including in San Francisco, New York, Barcelona, London, Toronto, Rotterdam, and Créteil, France. Starting in 1990, she has taught at Bard College as a Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Her teaching interests include: experimental media, history of the non-fiction film, and women in film.
Known For
Filmography
the Night Sky Trilogy
Director
The Wayfinders
Director
Qalandia
Director
the (We) Fallen
Director
OR119
Director
OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster
Director
The Summer Triangle
Director
EROS BDAY MUSH.mov
Director
Curve the Night Sky
Director
Kansas Atlas
Director
Border Control
Director
Re: The Operation
Director
The Falling Sky
Director
The Blackest Sea
Director
The Making of a Superhero Musical
Brina's Mom
Lessons of War
Director
Alluvium
Director
Kissing Point
Director
Wadena
Director
Notes From the Lower East Side
Director
My Cat gets an Aura Reading
Director
Bethlehem
Director
Deliver
Lou
Observing the Sky
Sound Designer
365 Day Project
Self
The Third Body
Director
Beirut Outtakes
Director
Warm Objects
Director
Omedium
Director
Eclipse
Sound Recordist
H.D.
Director
Certain Women
Director
The Star Eaters
Director
She Puppet
Editor
Heaven's Gate
Director
73 Suspect Words
Director
Nocturne
Director
Lies and Excess
Director
The Vision Machine
Director
Trick Film
Director
The Second Coming
Cinematography
The Fragments Project
Director
The Color of Love
Director
The Genius
Additional Lighting Technician
Philosophy in the Bedroom
Director
Strange Weather
Director
The Scary Movie
Camera Action
Age 12: Love with a Little L
Fun Down There
Cinematography
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness