Rudy Burckhardt

Known for: Directing
Born: April 5, 1914, Basel, Switzerland
Died: August 1, 1999
Movies: 67

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."

Best-Known Movies

6.1

Pursuit of Happiness

1940

5.1

The Aviary

1955

6.2

Haiti

1938

4.3

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

1937

4.5

All Major Credit Cards

1982

4.0

Mounting Tension

1950

4.0

Body - Earth

1974

10.0

On Aesthetics

1999

6.0

For Life, Against the War

1967

10.0

What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street

1956

Filmography

2003	Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods	Self
1991	Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1999	Scattered Showers	Director
1999	On Aesthetics	Director
1995	Tree Streets	Director
1992	Wayward Glimpses	Director
1991	Rubble Dance	Director
1991	Night Fantasies	Director
1989	Ostensibly	Director
1989	Great Regular Flavor	Director
1987	Zipper	Director
1986	In Bed	Director
1986	Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street	Director
1985	The Nude Pond	Director
1985	Central Park in the Dark	Director
1983	Indelible, Inedible	Director
1983	Untilted	Director
1982	All Major Credit Cards	Director
1981	Cerveza Bud	Director
1981	Yvonne Jacquette Painting "Autumn Expansion"	Director
1980	Sonatina and Fugue	Director
1980	Julie	Director
1980	Rads on Wheels	Director
1979	Mobile Homes	Director
1978	Alex Katz Painting	Director
1978	Little Red Riding Hood	Director
1978	Six Days	Director
1977	Good Evening Everybody	Director
1976	Sodom and Gomorrah, NY, 10036	Director
1975	Saroche	Director
1975	The Bottle of the Bulge	Director
1975	Default Averted	Director
1974	City Pasture	Director
1974	Body - Earth	Director
1974	Dwellings Winter	Director
1973	Caterpillar	Director
1972	Slipperella	Director
1972	Doldrums	Director
1971	Inside Dope	Director
1970	Summer	Director
1970	Made in Maine	Director
1969	Tarzam	Director
1969	One Flight Up	Director
1968	Money	Director
1967	For Life, Against the War	Director
1967	Square Times	Director
1967	The Apple	Director
1966	Daisy	Director
1965	Lurk	Director
1964	Miracle on the BMT	Director
1962	Shoot the Moon	Director
1961	Millions in Business as Usual	Director
1956	What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street	Director
1955	The Aviary	Director
1954	The Automotive Story	Director
1953	A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman	Director
1953	Eastside Summer	Director
1953	Under the Brooklyn Bridge	Director
1950	Mounting Tension	Director
1946	Up and Down the Waterfront	Director
1943	Trinidad	Director
1941	Montgomery, Alabama	Director
1940	The Uncle's Return	Director
1940	Pursuit of Happiness	Director
1938	Haiti	Director
1937	Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.	Director
1936	145 W. 21	Director

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