Leighton Pierce
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1954
- Place of birth
- Rochester, NY, USA
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".
Movies directed by Leighton Pierce
- Sitting 2010 · ★ 6.3
- Wood 2000 · ★ 6.7
- 50 Feet of String 1995 · ★ 6.8
- Veiled Red 2001 · ★ 5.2
- Retrograde Premonition 2010 · ★ 6.3
- My Person in the Water 2006 · ★ 5.0
- And Sometimes the Boats Are Low 1983 · ★ 6.0
- Viscera 2004 · ★ 10.0
- White Ash 2014 · ★ 10.0
- He Likes to Chop Down Trees 1980 · ★ 7.0
- Sharp Edge Blunt 2010 · ★ 6.0
- Puppy-Go-Round 1996 · ★ 8.0
- Everything's gonna be OK 2022
- I Know, I Know 2010
- Hammock 2005
- Red Shovel 1992
- You Can Drive the Big Rigs 1989
- Thursday 1991
- On the Road Going Through 1987
- 37th & Lex. 2002
- Glass 1998
- A Private Happiness 2003
- Stone Moss 2008
- Candle Loopedy Loop 2016
- He Said Without Moving 1981
- Red Swing 1986
- What's Left is Wind 1988
- Deer Isle #5: The Crossing 1992
- Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning) 1994
- Principles of Harmonic Motion 1991
- Blue Hat 1993
- Fall (3 parts) 2002
- Evaporation 2002
- Pink Socks 2003
- Water Seeking its Level 2002
- The Back Steps 2001
- Folded Time, Take 17 2000
- Number One 2007
- Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27 1997
- South Los Angeles Street 2023