Sam Wells (filmmaker)
Sam Wells (November 4, 1950 – June 3, 2011) was an American experimental filmmaker and photographer based in Princeton, New Jersey. He is best known for the film Wired Angel (1999),[1] an avant-garde feature inspired by the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Filmed on high-contrast black-and-white reversal film[2] and featuring a musical score written by Academy Award-winning composer Joe Renzetti, Wired Angel was well received at underground film festivals in both Chicago[3] and New York,[2][4] with Film Threat magazine naming it one of the best unseen films of 2001.[5]
Wells' 1990 short film The Talking Rain played at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.[6] He exhibited sections of his Vietnam-inspired film and digital media installation Fragrance of Ghosts at William Paterson University in 2007.[7]
Wells was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003.[8] In 2006, he was the recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.[9]
Filmography[edit]
- Early Shorts (1974–1979)
- Endymion
- Woman of Light
- Angels of Winter
- Miari Miare Remir
- Self Portrait
- Crucifixion/Lux in diafana
- Landscape
- Realm
- The Talking Rain (1990)
- Wired Angel (1999)
- Lucent Membranes (2008–2011)
Installations
- Fragrance of Ghosts/Huong (2004–2011)
- Kieu
- Vinh Long Garden
- The Willow Sees The Heron's Image Upside-Down
References[edit]
- ^ "Wired Angel (1999)". IMDb. 1 November 1999.
- ^ a b "2001 NYUFF: Day 4: Back Against the Wall". 11 March 2001.
- ^ "Chicago Underground Film Festival". Chicago Reader. 17 August 2000.
- ^ Dennis Lim (21 January 2008). "Surreal Endgames, Seedy Glamour". villagevoice.com.
- ^ "Features | Film Threat".
- ^ "The Talking Rain". sundance.org.
- ^ "William Paterson University". Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Fellows". gf.org.
- ^ "The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke". Archived from the original on 2010-07-03.
External links[edit]
- Sam Wells Official Website
- Wired Angel at the Internet Movie Database
- Review of Wired Angel at Film Threat (Phil Hall)
- The Talking Rain | Archives | Sundance Institute