Biography
James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta. His work is quintessentially Californian – exploring and engaging the polar frontiers of wildness and civility, male and female, body and spirit—with the crash of Pacific Ocean waves echoing throughout. "Ultimately I have learned more about poetry / from music and magic than from literature," he wrote.
Directed 21
1980s
- 1988
Scattered Remains
Director
- 1983
Devotions
Director
- 1981
The Gardener of Eden
Director
Shaman Psalm
Director
1970s
- 1979
Hermes Bird
Director
- 1977
Windowmobile
Director
Song of the Godbody
Director
- 1976
Erogeny
Director
- 1975
The Water Circle
Director
- 1974
Testament
Director
- 1973
High Kukus
Director
- 1972
Dreamwood
Director
- 1971
This is It
Director
- 1970
The Golden Positions
Director
1960s
- 1967
The Bed
Director
1950s
- 1953
The Pleasure Garden
Director
- 1951
Four in the Afternoon
Director
Loony Tom the Happy Lover
Director
Adventures of Jimmy
Director
1940s
- 1948
Mother's Day
Director
- 1946
The Potted Psalm
Director
Acted in 12
1980s
- 1988
Scattered Remains
Movie
- 1984
Jungle Girl
Movie
- 1983
Devotions
Movie
- 1981
Shaman Psalm
Movie
- 1980
Poet in Orbit
Movie
1970s
- 1979
Hermes Bird
Narration
- 1978
Cinématon
N°409
- 1977
Song of the Godbody
Movie
- 1975
The Water Circle
Movie
- 1973
High Kukus
Movie
1950s
- 1955
Once Upon An El
Movie
- 1951
Adventures of Jimmy
Movie
Wrote 5
1980s
- 1983
Devotions
Writer
- 1981
The Gardener of Eden
Writer
1970s
- 1972
Dreamwood
Writer
1950s
- 1953
The Pleasure Garden
Writer
1940s
- 1948
Mother's Day
Writer
Appearances5
2010s
- 2013
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Self
- 2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself (archive footage)
2000s
- 2008
1990s
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Self
1970s
- 1974
Testament
Self