Directing

John Dorr

Born — Died

1944-09-22 — 1993-01-01

Place of birth

Lancaster, Massachusetts

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

John Dorr (1944-1993), born in Massachusetts, first studied at Yale University (1962-1966), where he programmed the Film Society, created the Film Bulletin and completed a thesis on D.W. Griffith's last pictures. After moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA (1966-1969), he shot his first shorts in 8mm and worked as a film critic for « Take One », « On Film », « Millimeter » or « The Hollywood Reporter », where he proved himself ruthless towards New Hollywood movies, hoping for another type of American cinema. The 1970s were spent writing around a dozen screenplays (from 1971 to 1978 : a gay priest drama, a vampire romance, a two-screen revisionist western, a six-hour Griffith biopic...) wh…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 5 titles

Behind the camera

The Battle of the Bards poster
NR

This film documents the 1990 World Heavyweight Championship Poetry Bout between Ann Waldman and Victor Hernandez Cruz.

The Battle of the Bards

1990

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country poster
8.0

A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

1993

Sudzall Does It All! poster
NR

Shakespearian actress Cordelia Coventry is about to give up on her career when she is chosen by director Bruce Rapport to become the star of a national ad campaign for Sudzall washing powder.

Sudzall Does It All!

1979

Sudzall Does It All! poster
NR

Shakespearian actress Cordelia Coventry is about to give up on her career when she is chosen by director Bruce Rapport to become the star of a national ad campaign for Sudzall washing powder.

Sudzall Does It All!

1979

Sudzall Does It All! poster
NR

Shakespearian actress Cordelia Coventry is about to give up on her career when she is chosen by director Bruce Rapport to become the star of a national ad campaign for Sudzall washing powder.

Sudzall Does It All!

1979

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place poster
NR

In 1963, living a routine life on Norma Place in Los Angeles, recluse writer Dorothy Parker and bisexual husband Alan Campbell recall their often-rocky relationship, started thirty years earlier.

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place

1982

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place poster
NR

In 1963, living a routine life on Norma Place in Los Angeles, recluse writer Dorothy Parker and bisexual husband Alan Campbell recall their often-rocky relationship, started thirty years earlier.

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place

1982

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place poster
NR

In 1963, living a routine life on Norma Place in Los Angeles, recluse writer Dorothy Parker and bisexual husband Alan Campbell recall their often-rocky relationship, started thirty years earlier.

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place

1982

The Case of the Missing Consciousness poster
NR

Serving as a guinea pig in Dr. Wyoming's REM sleep research at the Second Sight institute, private detective Nick Malace is secretly implanted with a brain monitor by rival researcher Dr. Keiger.

The Case of the Missing Consciousness

1980

The Case of the Missing Consciousness poster
NR

Serving as a guinea pig in Dr. Wyoming's REM sleep research at the Second Sight institute, private detective Nick Malace is secretly implanted with a brain monitor by rival researcher Dr. Keiger.

The Case of the Missing Consciousness

1980

The Case of the Missing Consciousness poster
NR

Serving as a guinea pig in Dr. Wyoming's REM sleep research at the Second Sight institute, private detective Nick Malace is secretly implanted with a brain monitor by rival researcher Dr. Keiger.

The Case of the Missing Consciousness

1980

Season's Greetings poster
7.0

« When I returned to Los Angeles after my Christmas break, I found a rather belated Christmas present in my letterbox; it was John Dorr’s new film. John Dorr’s Seasons Greetings, the latest in a series of video letters that John sent to his friends each year. (…) Although I’ve never seen John’s other Christmas cards, his latest delivery is clearly different from those that preceded it, in that he knew he was ill when he made it. It begins with a short statement to the camera about living with AIDS, which serves as a prologue to a series of vignettes recorded during trips he made last year with companion George La Fleur. » Bill Krohn, « John Dorr’s New Year’s Greetings », Cahiers du cinéma, n°470, Nov. 1993

Season's Greetings

1992

Do It Yourself Video for Poets poster
NR

In a sarcastic mood, EZTV's founder John Dorr makes fun of the extensive aspiring Los Angeles spoken word scene of the 1980s and the enormous number of people who routinely approached EZTV asking for free service in getting their project made

Do It Yourself Video for Poets

1987

Do It Yourself Video for Poets poster
NR

In a sarcastic mood, EZTV's founder John Dorr makes fun of the extensive aspiring Los Angeles spoken word scene of the 1980s and the enormous number of people who routinely approached EZTV asking for free service in getting their project made

Do It Yourself Video for Poets

1987

Approaching Omega poster
5.0

Three people take a mountain hike together. Their relationships are explored in a comedy-drama that presents questions about life, evolution, synchronicity and dreams.

Approaching Omega

1983

Approaching Omega poster
5.0

Three people take a mountain hike together. Their relationships are explored in a comedy-drama that presents questions about life, evolution, synchronicity and dreams.

Approaching Omega

1983

Approaching Omega poster
5.0

Three people take a mountain hike together. Their relationships are explored in a comedy-drama that presents questions about life, evolution, synchronicity and dreams.

Approaching Omega

1983