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Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt

Director · 1914–1999 · Basel, Switzerland

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Biography

Rudy Burckhardt (April 6, 1914 – August 1, 1999) is best known for his photography of New York and other cities. His signature image explores the quirks of modern urban life, in particular the exuberant life of the streets from the perspective of the pedestrian. He is also celebrated for canonical portraits of New York artists at work, and for his film and collaborations with leading artists, poets and musicians of the New York School. This exhibition, however, shows the private, meditative, less known side of Burkhardt's creative personality, what guest curator Vincent Katz describes as "that essential base of solace that facilitated the cosmpolitan flâneur."

Directed 46

1990s

  1. 1999

    Scattered Showers

    Director

  2. On Aesthetics

    Director

  3. 1995

    Tree Streets

    Director

  4. 1992

    Wayward Glimpses

    Director

  5. 1991

    Rubble Dance

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Ostensibly

    Director

  2. Great Regular Flavor

    Director

  3. 1987

    Zipper

    Director

  4. 1986

    In Bed

    Director

  5. Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    Director

  6. 1983

    Indelible, Inedible

    Director

  7. Untilted

    Director

  8. 1982

    All Major Credit Cards

    Director

  9. 1981

    Cerveza Bud

    Director

  10. 1980

    Julie

    Director

  11. Rads on Wheels

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Mobile Homes

    Director

  2. 1976

    Sodom and Gomorrah, NY, 10036

    Director

  3. 1975

    Saroche

    Director

  4. The Bottle of the Bulge

    Director

  5. Default Averted

    Director

  6. 1974

    City Pasture

    Director

  7. Body - Earth

    Director

  8. Dwellings Winter

    Director

  9. 1973

    Caterpillar

    Director

  10. 1972

    Doldrums

    Director

  11. 1971

    Inside Dope

    Director

  12. 1970

    Summer

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    One Flight Up

    Director

  2. 1968

    Money

    Director

  3. 1967

    For Life, Against the War

    Director

  4. Square Times

    Director

  5. The Apple

    Director

  6. 1965

    Lurk

    Director

  7. 1962

    Shoot the Moon

    Director

1950s

  1. 1956

    What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street

    Director

  2. 1955

    The Aviary

    Director

  3. 1953

    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman

    Director

  4. Eastside Summer

    Director

  5. Under the Brooklyn Bridge

    Director

  6. 1950

    Mounting Tension

    Director

1940s

  1. 1943

    Trinidad

    Director

  2. 1940

    Pursuit of Happiness

    Director

1930s

  1. 1938

    Haiti

    Director

  2. 1937

    Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

    Director

  3. 1936

    145 W. 21

    Director

Other crew 8

1990s

  1. 1991

    Rubble Dance

    Cinematography

1970s

  1. 1974

    Landscape Bodydwelling

    Cinematography

1960s

  1. 1965

    A Legend for Fountains

    Cinematography

1950s

  1. 1957

    Angel

    Cinematography

  2. Children

    Cinematography

  3. Nymphlight

    Cinematography

  4. 1955

    The Aviary (Short Sound Version)

    Cinematography

  5. Joanne, Union Square

    Cinematography

Camera 3

1970s

  1. 1974

    Landscape Bodydwelling

    Camera Operator

1940s

  1. 1940

    Pursuit of Happiness

    Director of Photography

1930s

  1. 1937

    Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

    Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Edited 2

1990s

  1. 1991

    Rubble Dance

    Editor

1950s

  1. 1956

    What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street

    Editor

Appearances2

2000s

  1. 2003

    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

    Self

1990s

  1. 1991

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    Self