Directing
Harry Gamboa Jr.
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, U.S
Known for
Directing
Credits
17 titles
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Harry Gamboa Jr. (born 1951) is an essayist, photographer, director, and performance artist internationally recognized for the combination of activism and social critique that informs his work. An organizer of the East LA Walkouts of 1968 and founder of the avant-garde art collective ASCO (active 1972–1987), Gamboa considers the city streets to be his studio. Unlike most Angelenos however, Gamboa prefers to walk or use public transit to get around, and he always has a camera in hand.
Known for
Spies have too many eyes looking out where they don't belong. (3/4 in. video; color)
Agent X
1984
NRMarie Antoinette offers to babysit a difficult child while a single mother tries to regain her happiness and identity. (3/4 in. video; color)
Baby Kake
1984
A woman reveals her recipe for burnt relationships as she bakes her cake and eats it too. Premiered at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. (SVHS; color)
Mananamania
1994
Rotten eggs make the marriage as love is scrambled beyond repair. (SVHS; color)
Huevitos
1994
NRThe Chicano nuclear family dines on angst, cold cuts, and fishy propositions. (3/4 in. video; color)
No Supper
1987
The search for the truth takes a man through the abyss of urban falsehoods where he encounters those who would follow him to the nearest social exit. (3/4 in. video; color)
Imperfecto
1983
Film credits
Behind the camera
Spies have too many eyes looking out where they don't belong. (3/4 in. video; color)
Agent X
1984
NRMarie Antoinette offers to babysit a difficult child while a single mother tries to regain her happiness and identity. (3/4 in. video; color)
Baby Kake
1984
A woman reveals her recipe for burnt relationships as she bakes her cake and eats it too. Premiered at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. (SVHS; color)
Mananamania
1994
Rotten eggs make the marriage as love is scrambled beyond repair. (SVHS; color)
Huevitos
1994
NRThe Chicano nuclear family dines on angst, cold cuts, and fishy propositions. (3/4 in. video; color)
No Supper
1987
The search for the truth takes a man through the abyss of urban falsehoods where he encounters those who would follow him to the nearest social exit. (3/4 in. video; color)
Imperfecto
1983
NRA possessive relationship results in passive/aggressive rejection and destruction (in memory of Lorraine Ordaz). (3/4 in. video; black and white)
Blanx
1984
NRA rude awakening for a man who battles the world on his way to a permanent deep sleep. (3/4 in. video; color)
Insultan
1983
NRA couple disengage in silent bordom. (3/4 in. video; color)
Vaporz
1984
Humberto Sandoval searches for reasons why there are no pyramids in Aztlan. (SVHS; color)
El Mundo L.A.: Humberto Sandoval, Actor
1992
A man declares his humanity as he struggles to push psychological boulders from his path. (SVHS; color)
Fire Ants For Nothing
1994
The Chicano nuclear family experiences a meltdown at ground zero of urban L.A. Included in the 1995 Whitney Biennial. (SVHS; color)
L.A. Familia
1993
Film by the Chicano performance and conceptual art group ASCO.
Blessed Bag Bombers
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Crossing-over is never accomplished when bridges crumble early as fragile ideals. In memory of Lorraine Ordaz. (SVHS; color)
Rites of Overpass
1998
A street artist alters the urbanscape with images of guns as he paints his way towards peace. (SVHS; color)
Loner With a Gun
1994