Charles Atlas

Directing • 1949-03-25 • St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Charles Atlas is a video artist and film director who also does lighting and set design. He is a pioneer in developing media-dance, also called dance for camera.

Known For

8.5

SSS

1989

7.0

The Legend of Leigh Bowery

2002

7.8

Put More Blood Into the Music

1988

10.0

Hail the New Puritan

1986

10.0

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

2001

6.5

Merce by Merce by Paik

1978

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Filmography

2020
A Prune TwinFilm
Director
2017
The Tyranny of ConsciousnessFilm
Director
2015
A Museum ?Film
Director
2012
TurningFilm
Director
★ 5.7
2012
Check Your Body at the DoorFilm
Director
★ 5.0
2010
OceanFilm
Director
★ 5.5
2010
Grand Dance of Jolly 3Film
Director
2006
Tornado WarningFilm
Director
2002
The Legend of Leigh BoweryFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2002
Rainer VariationsFilm
Director
2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of DanceFilm
Director
★ 10.0
2000
The "Martha" Tapes, part 8Film
Director
2000
THE “MARTHA” TAPES, PART 6Film
Director
1999
Mrs. Peanut Visits New YorkFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1999
It's a Jackie ThingFilm
Director
1999
Oh, MishaFilm
Director
1998
Staten Island Sex CultFilm
Director
1994
SuperhoneyFilm
Director
1991
Son of Sam and DelilahFilm
Director
★ 3.0
1991
What I Did Last SummerFilm
Director
1991
We Interrupt This ProgramFilm
Director
1990
The Myth of Modern DanceFilm
Director
1990
Disco 2000Film
Director
1989
SSSFilm
Director
★ 8.5
1989
Because We MustFilm
Director
1988
Put More Blood Into the MusicFilm
Director
★ 7.8
1986
Hail the New PuritanFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1985
Alive from Off CenterTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1984
Coast ZoneFilm
Director
1983
Secret of the WaterfallFilm
Director
1983
From an island summerFilm
Director
1981
Channels/InsertsFilm
Director
1978
Merce by Merce by PaikFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1976
Merce by Merce by Paik Part One: Blue Studio: Five Segments 1975-1976Film
Director
1975
WestbethFilm
Director
1974
NevadaFilm
Director
1974
FloorFilm
Director
1973
Walkaround TimeFilm
Director
1973
Mayonnaise #1Film
Director