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Artist's Profile: Walter Ruttmann A native of Frankfurt, Walter Ruttmann studied painting, engraving, architecture and music before devoting himself to abstract cinema, or what he called "painting with time." After his groundbreaking film LIGHT-PLAY OPUS I (LICHTSPIEL OPUS I) received widespread acclaim, he went on to produce OPUS II-IV. He provided special effects and backgrounds on Lotte Reiniger's feature film THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE AHMED, but moved away from abstractionism after that and focused on producing and editing more documentary- like films. Selected Filmography
BibliographyAbsolute Animation Absolut PanushkaVisual Music Absolut Panushka Young Oskar Absolut Panushka "Abstract Films of the 1920s." William Moritz. International Experimental Film Congress. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1989, 52-57. "Color Music - Integral Cinema." William Moritz. Poétique de la Couleur. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1995, 9-13. "Restoring the Aesthetics of Early Abstract Films" William Moritz. A Reader In Animation Studies. Ed. Jayne Pilling. Sydney: John Libbey, 1997, 221-227. "Restoring Experimental Films." William Moritz. Exhibition catalog. Anthology Film Archives Film Preservation Honors, 1997. "Oskar Fischinger: Artist of the Century." William Moritz. Exhibition catalog. KINETICA 2. Los Angeles: The iotaCenter, 2000. "Norman McLaren and Jules Engel: Post-Modernists." William Moritz. A Reader In Animation Studies. Ed. Jayne Pilling. Sydney: John Libbey, 1997, 104-111. |