Lillian Schwartz

Biography

Lillian Schwartz is a pioneer in the field of computer animation. In the early 1970s, she became the official artist in residence at AT&T Bell Laboratories, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratory and at Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Innovations where she would experiment with early computer graphics programs to create short works of film art. After studying traditional free-hand drawing while a nursing student at the University of Cincinnati, Schwartz became interested in incorporating technology into her artwork. Along with computer scientist Ken Knowlton, she helped create the image-generating programming language EXPLOR, with which she created many of her works in the mid to late '70s. In addition to her animation, Schwartz has also done research in the field of using computers to analyse the working methods of traditional artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Da Vinci by amassing large databases of their colour palettes and structures within their art. (from: http://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/tag/lillian-schwartz/)

Directed

1. UFOs (1971) — Director
2. Olympiad (1971) — Director
3. Pixillation (1970) — Director
4. Mutations (1972) — Director
5. Googolplex (1972) — Director
6. Apotheosis (1972) — Director
7. Mis-Takes (1972) — Director
8. L'oiseau (1977) — Director
9. La Spiritata (1976) — Director
10. Newtonian II (1978) — Director
11. Fantasies (1976) — Director
12. Alae (1975) — Director
13. Mathoms (1972) — Director
14. Newtonian I (1978) — Director
15. Bagatelles (1977) — Director
16. Pictures from a Gallery (1976) — Director
17. Kinesis (1975) — Director
18. Mayan (1974) — Director
19. Innocence (1973) — Director
20. Metamorphosis (1974) — Director
21. Enigma (1972) — Director
22. Collage (1975) — Director
23. Papillons (1973) — Director
24. Mirage (1974) — Director
25. Galaxies (1974) — Director
26. Rituel (1979) — Director
27. On-Line (1976) — Director
28. RGBCMY (2013) — Director
29. Pangloss (2015) — Director
30. Veil of Years (1977) — Director
31. Affinities (1972) — Director
32. OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980 (2005) — Director
33. Metathesis (1974) — Director
34. Reflections (1994) — Director
35. The Museum of Modern Art (1984) — Director
36. Beyond Picasso (1986) — Director
37. Morphing of the Telephone (1997) — Director
38. Poet of His People (1978) — Director
39. 3 Degree K #02 (1982) — Director
40. Before Before (2012) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Artist and the Computer (1976) — Self - Narrator (voice)
2. Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory (2017) — Self