James Herbert

Biography

James Herbert is an internationally known American painter and filmmaker. His work is known for its obsession with the nude figure in romantic and erotic figurations with an emphasis on the role of sexuality and scene context. Herbert was born in 1938 in Boston and grew up in Rhode Island. He began his informal art education as a teenager attending nude figure drawing classes at the Rhode Island School of Design. He earned his B.A. degree in art history from Dartmouth College in 1960 and his M.F.A. in painting in 1962 from the University of Colorado where he studied briefly with Clyfford Still and Stan Brakhage.

Directed

1. Scars (1997) — Director
2. Abandoned House (2007) — Director
3. Speedy Boys (1999) — Director
4. R.E.M.: Succumbs (1987) — Director
5. R.E.M. - This Film Is On (1991) — Director
6. Porch Glider (1970) — Director
7. Automan (1988) — Director
8. Soundings (1986) — Director
9. Two Figures (1980) — Director
10. John Five (1992) — Director
11. Left of Reckoning (1984) — Director
12. Rabbit Pix (2004) — Director
13. Jumbo Aqua (2000) — Director
14. Night Horses (1975) — Director
15. Carnival (1983) — Director
16. Di Luce in Luce (1993) — Director
17. Wind (1995) — Director
18. Waves & Particles (1993) — Director
19. A Peach, A Bird, A Fish (1996) — Director
20. Still Life With Fish (1993) — Director
21. Kolja & Sana (1996) — Director
22. Low (1991) — Director
23. La Presenza (2002) — Director
24. Three (1974) — Director
25. Pluto (1970) — Director
26. Arc (1969) — Director
27. Outscape (1968) — Director
28. Pear II (1972) — Director
29. Pear I (1972) — Director
30. Plum (1972) — Director
31. Fig (1972) — Director
32. Clove (1977) — Director
33. Mars (1979) — Director
34. January (1973) — Director
35. Cantico (1982) — Director
36. Pony (1981) — Director
37. Primigravida (1971) — Director
38. Apalachee (1974) — Director
39. Maypops (1971) — Director
40. Glass (1975) — Director