Leighton Pierce
Born: 1954-10-27 in Rochester, NY, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
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".
Filmography
2025
- CARBON ... (Director)
2024
- Wasp Radial ... (Director)
2023
- South Los Angeles Street ... (Director)
2022
- Everything's gonna be OK ... (Director)
2018
- DECK ... (Director)
2016
- Candle Loopedy Loop ... (Director)
2014
- White Ash ... (Director)
2012
- Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand ... (Director)
2010
- Sharp Edge Blunt ... (Director)
- Retrograde Premonition ... (Director)
- Sitting ... (Director)
- I Know, I Know ... (Director)
2008
- Stone Moss ... (Director)
2007
- Number One ... (Director)
2006
- My Person in the Water ... (Director)
2005
- Hammock ... (Director)
2004
- Viscera ... (Director)
2003
- Pink Socks ... (Director)
- A Private Happiness ... (Director)
2002
- 37th & Lex. ... (Director)
- Evaporation ... (Director)
- Fall (3 parts) ... (Director)
- Water Seeking its Level ... (Director)
2001
- Veiled Red ... (Director)
- The Back Steps ... (Director)
2000
- Folded Time, Take 17 ... (Director)
- Wood ... (Director)
1998
- Glass ... (Director)
1997
- Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27 ... (Director)
1996
- Puppy-Go-Round ... (Director)
1995
- 50 Feet of String ... (Director)
1994
- Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning) ... (Director)
1993
- Blue Hat ... (Director)
1992
- Deer Isle #5: The Crossing ... (Director)
- Red Shovel ... (Director)
1991
- Thursday ... (Director)
- Principles of Harmonic Motion ... (Director)
1989
- You Can Drive the Big Rigs ... (Director)
1988
- What's Left is Wind ... (Director)
1987
- On the Road Going Through ... (Director)
1986
- Red Swing ... (Director)
1984
- The Miracle of Change ... (Director)
- These Are the Directions I Give to a Stranger ... (Director)
1983
- And Sometimes the Boats Are Low ... (Director)
1982
- Not Much Time ... (Director)
1981
- He Said Without Moving ... (Director)
1980
- He Likes to Chop Down Trees ... (Director)