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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-04-05 (111 years old)

Place of Birth

Basel, Switzerland

Rudy Burckhardt

Biography:

Rudy Burckhardt (April 6, 1914 – August 1, 1999) is best known for his photography of New York and other cities. His signature image explores the quirks of modern urban life, in particular the exuberant life of the streets from the perspective of the pedestrian. He is also celebrated for canonical portraits of New York artists at work, and for his film and collaborations with leading artists, poets and musicians of the New York School. This exhibition, however, shows the private, meditative, less known side of Burkhardt's creative personality, what guest curator Vincent Katz describes as "that essential base of solace that facilitated the cosmpolitan flâneur."

Known For

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Money

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For Life, Against the War

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Sodom and Gomorrah, NY, 10036

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Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

Tarzam

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145 W. 21

Made in Maine

The Automotive Story

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Cerveza Bud

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Scattered Showers

Acting

2003

Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods as Self

1991

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box as Self

Camera

1974

Landscape Bodydwelling as Camera Operator

1940

Pursuit of Happiness as Director of Photography

1937

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. as Camera Operator

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. as Director of Photography

Crew

1991

Rubble Dance as Cinematography

1974

Landscape Bodydwelling as Cinematography

1965

A Legend for Fountains as Cinematography

1958

Seraphina's Garden as Cinematography

1957

Children as Cinematography

Angel as Cinematography

Nymphlight as Cinematography

1955

Joanne, Union Square as Cinematography

The Aviary (Short Sound Version) as Cinematography

Directing

1999

Scattered Showers as Director

On Aesthetics as Director

1992

Wayward Glimpses as Director

1991

Rubble Dance as Director

Night Fantasies as Director

1989

Ostensibly as Director

1987

Zipper as Director

1986

Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street as Director

In Bed as Director

1985

The Nude Pond as Director

1983

Untilted as Director

Indelible, Inedible as Director

1982

All Major Credit Cards as Director

1981

Cerveza Bud as Director

1980

Julie as Director

Sonatina and Fugue as Director

1978

Alex Katz Painting as Director

Little Red Riding Hood as Director

1977

Good Evening Everybody as Director

1976

Sodom and Gomorrah, NY, 10036 as Director

1975

Default Averted as Director

Saroche as Director

The Bottle of the Bulge as Director

1974

Body - Earth as Director

City Pasture as Director

Dwellings Winter as Director

1973

Caterpillar as Director

1972

Doldrums as Director

Slipperella as Director

1971

Inside Dope as Director

1970

Summer as Director

Made in Maine as Director

1969

One Flight Up as Director

Tarzam as Director

1968

Money as Director

1967

Square Times as Director

The Apple as Director

For Life, Against the War as Director

1966

Daisy as Director

1965

Lurk as Director

1964

Miracle on the BMT as Director

1962

Shoot the Moon as Director

1961

Millions in Business as Usual as Director

1956

What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street as Director

1955

The Aviary as Director

1954

The Automotive Story as Director

1953

A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman as Director

Eastside Summer as Director

Under the Brooklyn Bridge as Director

1950

Mounting Tension as Director

1943

Trinidad as Director

1941

Montgomery, Alabama as Director

1940

Pursuit of Happiness as Director

The Uncle's Return as Director

1938

Haiti as Director

1937

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. as Director

1936

145 W. 21 as Director

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Six Days as Director

Editing

1991

Rubble Dance as Editor

1956

What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street as Editor