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Jeff Keen

Jeff Keen
  • Name: Jeff Keen
  • Birthday: 1923-11-26
  • Place of birth: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Popularity: 0.203
Biography: Jeff Keen (1923–2012) was a pioneer of experimental film whose rapid-fire animations, multiple screen projections and raucous performances redefined multimedia art in Britain. Keen was a veteran of the Second World War, and his work powerfully evokes the violence, colour, speed and noise of the 20th century. He transformed cinema into a riotous collage of comics, drawings, B-movie posters, plastic toys, burning props and extravagant costumes. His early 8 mm and 16 mm films are built for speed, combining footage of Beat-era motifs – jazz, motorbikes and car culture – with experimental animations in which the achievements and atrocities of the 20th century seem to flash by within a few... Read More

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Title Release date
Art Flies Free   as  Self 2000-01-01
Blatzom 1986-01-02
Return of Silver Head   as  Silver Head 1980-01-02
The Pink Auto 1964-01-01
Like the Time Is Now 1961-01-02