Writing
J.G. Ballard
Born — Died
1930-11-15 — 2009-04-19
Place of birth
Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China [now Shanghai, China]
Known for
Writing
Credits
14 titles
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Born in an international settlement in Shanghai to British parents before his family emigrated to the UK, Ballard began writing in the 1950s, becoming associated with the New Wave of science fiction with post-apocalyptic novels such as The Wind from Nowhere and The Drowned World.
Known for
5.6The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.
The South Bank Show
1978
6.1An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
1970
6.4Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
NRTom Sutcliffe meets J.G. Ballard, arguably one of Britain's most profound and provocative novelists, author of such works as Crash, High-Rise and Empire of the Sun.
J.G. Ballard: A Profile
2003
NRAbout visions of the future drawing on the work of leading writers of science fiction and leading experts in science fact.
New Nightmares
1993
NRA film on time and narrative by Christopher Roth with Armen Avanessian. Hyperstitional thinking hijacks the present-forming daring interventions into conditions of cybernetic governance that foreclose contingency.
Hyperstition
2015
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
NRTom Sutcliffe meets J.G. Ballard, arguably one of Britain's most profound and provocative novelists, author of such works as Crash, High-Rise and Empire of the Sun.
J.G. Ballard: A Profile
2003
7.0A filmmaker sets out to make a voyage of discovery on London's orbital motorway, the M25. He enlists the help of several others to film the motorway from several points, drive endlessly around it and dig up stories and potential beauty behind the motorway.
London Orbital
2002
1990s · 2 titles
8.5A film essay on Ballard's fiction, and its unrealised cinematic potential, with particular reference to David Cronenberg's (yet to be filmed) Crash, featuring an interview with the director, prior to making of his film.
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
1990
NRThe Future Is Now was produced for Swedish television and has Ballard as the only protagonist and his house as the main decoration.
J.G. Ballard: The Future Is Now
1998
1980s · 2 titles
6.4Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
8.0An experimental documentary portrait of author J.G. Ballard. Ballard speaks about his life and work, and submits to a lengthy personality questionnaire; these sections are intercut with surrealist scenes inspired by Ballard's fiction, centering on a downed pilot wandering through various landscapes.
The Unlimited Dream Company
1983
Series credits
5.6The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.
The South Bank Show
1978
NRAbout visions of the future drawing on the work of leading writers of science fiction and leading experts in science fact.
New Nightmares
1993
Behind the camera
6.1An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
1970
6.6A surreal, moody short about the fetishisation of automobiles and auto accidents.
Crash!
1971
6.3Based on the writings of: J.G. Ballard, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Henry Rollins, Roberta Lannes, Edmund Emil Kemper, etc. The structure of this film is literally that of the title: ten monologues adapted from various fiction and documentary sources which combine to produce an unsettling work that does not pretend to analyse nor to understand the serial killers.
Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers
1994
NRA comparison of science fiction and real life.
Science Fiction Is Us
1970