Leighton Pierce

Leighton Pierce

Directing

Born October 27, 1954 · Rochester, NY, USA

47 films as director · Active 1980–2025

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…

Directed(47)

CARBON

Wasp Radial

2024Wasp Radial

South Los Angeles Street

2023South Los Angeles Street

Everything's gonna be OK

2022Everything's gonna be OK

DECK

Candle Loopedy Loop

2016Candle Loopedy Loop

White Ash

2014White Ash★ 10.0

Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

2012Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

I Know, I Know

2010I Know, I Know

2010Retrograde Premonition★ 6.3

2010Sitting★ 6.0

2010Sharp Edge Blunt★ 6.0

Stone Moss

Number One

2006My Person in the Water★ 5.0

Hammock

2004Viscera★ 10.0

2003A Private Happiness

200237th & Lex.

2002Fall (3 parts)

2002Evaporation

2002Water Seeking its Level

Veiled Red

2001Veiled Red★ 5.2

2001The Back Steps

2000Wood★ 6.7

2000Folded Time, Take 17

Glass

1997Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27

1996Puppy-Go-Round★ 8.0

50 Feet of String

199550 Feet of String★ 6.8

Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)

1994Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)

Blue Hat

Red Shovel

Deer Isle #5: The Crossing

1992Deer Isle #5: The Crossing

Thursday

Principles of Harmonic Motion

1991Principles of Harmonic Motion

You Can Drive the Big Rigs

1989You Can Drive the Big Rigs

What's Left is Wind

1988What's Left is Wind

1987On the Road Going Through

Red Swing

The Miracle of Change

1984The Miracle of Change

1984These Are the Directions I Give to a Stranger

And Sometimes the Boats Are Low

1983And Sometimes the Boats Are Low★ 6.0

Not Much Time

1982Not Much Time

He Said Without Moving

1981He Said Without Moving

He Likes to Chop Down Trees

1980He Likes to Chop Down Trees★ 7.0

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