Andrew Lampert

Peter Hujar's Day (2025)

A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City's downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist's life. ...

jolies fleurs une vie meilleure (2024)

Fukuoka Boyfriend (2016)

A drama of relations between strangers. Vantage point is everything. ...

Jazzy for Joe (2014)

Talk show legend Joe Franklin discovers an abandoned baby on his doorstep. ...

El Adios Largos (2013)

In El Adios Largos, artist-archivist Andrew Lampert undertakes a speculative, restoration of Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye based on the premise that the film's negative has been lost and the sole surviving print is incorrect in every way: 16mm rather th ...

All Magic Sands/Chappaqua (2013)

The story centres on an orphaned quartet (boy, two girls, a baby) washed ashore on a desert island in what just might be the Bahamas. There, they encounter a pile of branches that transforms into a dubious Jesus-esque bearded man, as well as a doppelganger ...

3 Flags (2010)

A simple scene of three flags flapping over an electronic billboard advertising grocery specials conjures an indelible portrait of America. ...

Jacka Spades (2009)

Steve Dalachinsky, with the aid of Yuko Otomo and cinematographer Andrew Lampert, was given the chance to direct his dream film. This is not that, but rather the result of what they shot that day presented in real time as they filmed it. In the end, this i ...

Question a Day (2008)

In 2008, Andrew Lampert, employed as the film archivist of Anthology Film Archives, endeavored to ask Jonas Mekas, its legendary and charismatic founder, one trivial or profound question a day. This is a selection. ...

Sweethearts (2007)

The piece begins with one woman reading the text in English while the other does an on-the-spot translation into German. Their roles periodically flip and at some points both are speaking entirely in English or in German. The women read a series of one-sen ...

Growth Opportunities (2006)

Originally presented in 2000 in Mexico City, re-staged soon after at Anthology, and recorded during a presentation at the Getty Center in 2005, this performance piece features a script drawn from Del Taco corporate materials (with creative modifications by ...

Benetton (2004)

Lampert writes, "Chelsea thieves market, Sunday morning. Overloaded front table, sunglasses, cell phones, Viagra (sold by the pill, $10), assorted hot goods. Inaccessible back table, more of same, two 35mm film cans marked BENETTON. 'Excuse me, what's in ...

Head/Tail (2004)

Imageless cinemascope track negative trailer for a 1970 pornographic film. "Elected to the National Film Registry in 2007, HEAD/TAIL is the only imageless film that could still be banned in 31 states. ...

Up the Illusion (2023)

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE. ...

Chained for Life (2019)

A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut. ...

It Came from Kuchar (2009)

It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuchar have inspired two generations of filmmakers, actors, musicians, and artists with their zany, "no budge ...

Meet The Kuchar Brothers (2006)

Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually hanging out with John Waters at a party, looking at old yearbook photos with their high school classmate Ger ...