Leighton Pierce
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-10-27 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Rochester, NY, USA
Leighton Pierce
Biography
Leighton Pierce, born John Leighton Pierce, is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Video at CalArts since the summer of 2014. He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a hypnotic effect as well as his use of sound design. The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water". Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience".
Crew
(2024)
Wasp Radial
Director
(2023)
South Los Angeles Street
Director
(2022)
Everything's gonna be OK
Director
(2018)
DECK
Director
(2016)
Candle Loopedy Loop
Director
(2014)
White Ash
Director
(2012)
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
Director
(2010)
I Know, I Know
Director
(2010)
Retrograde Premonition
Director
(2010)
Sitting
Director
(2010)
Sharp Edge Blunt
Director
(2008)
Stone Moss
Director
(2007)
Number One
Director
(2006)
My Person in the Water
Director
(2005)
Hammock
Director
(2004)
Viscera
Director
(2003)
A Private Happiness
Director
(2003)
Pink Socks
Director
(2002)
37th & Lex.
Director
(2002)
Evaporation
Director
(2002)
Water Seeking its Level
Director
(2002)
Fall (3 parts)
Director
(2001)
The Back Steps
Director
(2001)
Veiled Red
Director
(2000)
Wood
Director
(2000)
Folded Time, Take 17
Director
(1998)
Glass
Director
(1997)
(1996)
Puppy-Go-Round
Director
(1995)
50 Feet of String
Director
(1994)
(1993)
Blue Hat
Director
(1992)
Red Shovel
Director
(1992)
Deer Isle #5: The Crossing
Director
(1991)
Thursday
Director
(1991)
Principles of Harmonic Motion
Director
(1989)
You Can Drive the Big Rigs
Director
(1988)
What's Left is Wind
Director
(1987)
On the Road Going Through
Director
(1986)
Red Swing
Director
(1984)
(1984)
The Miracle of Change
Director
(1983)
And Sometimes the Boats Are Low
Director, Writer, Producer
(1982)
Not Much Time
Director
(1981)
He Said Without Moving
Director
(1980)
He Likes to Chop Down Trees
Director