Walter Ungerer

Biography

Walter Ungerer was born in New York City in 1935 of German immigrants. He studied art and architecture at Pratt Institute, receiving a BFA degree in 1958. He went on to Columbia University receiving an MA and PD in 1964. His first film "The Tasmanian Devil" was made in 1965 while living in a loft in the "flower district" of New York City. His third film "Meet Me, Jesus" gained him national recognition as a film artist through exposure at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. In 1969 "Ubi Est Terram Oobiae?" was included in a world-wide MoMA touring program that furthered his reputation. That year Ungerer moved to Vermont. In 2003 Ungerer moved to Maine, where he continues to produce his work. His most recently completed feature "down the road" debuted at the Syracuse International Film Festival in the Spring 2005, and a retrospective of his films was shown in Kiel, Germany in April 2006. Later in November 2006 Ungerer traveled through northern Germany showing his work. His most recent video installation debuted at the Space Gallery in Portland, Maine, March 2006. In 2008 it was installed at the Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, Vermont. In December 2008 Echo Park Film Center and the E…

Directed

1. The Animal (1976) — Director
2. Monarda (2010) — Director
3. The House Without Steps (1979) — Director
4. The Winter There Was Very Little Snow (1982) — Director
5. All the Days of the Year (2011) — Director
6. Solstice (1971) — Director
7. Ici (2013) — Director
8. Anna's Amazing Moving Animals (1994) — Director
9. 6 X 6 (1993) — Director
10. THE SALT SHAKER AND THE MOON (2009) — Director
11. The Terrible Mother (1972) — Director
12. Epilogue to Oobieland (1972) — Director
13. noCOM (2014) — Director
14. Introduction to Oobieland (1969) — Director
15. The Window (1997) — Director
16. Ubi est terram oobiae? (1969) — Director
17. Kingsbury Beach (1999) — Director
18. A Warm Day Comes After A Cold Winter (1995) — Director
19. Parva sed apta mihi (2012) — Director
20. Meet Me, Jesus (1966) — Director
21. QUEUE — Director
22. Blue Parrot (2009) — Director
23. City of the Angels (2013) — Director
24. The Awakening (2002) — Director
25. Such as It Is (2007) — Director
26. Untitled 2.1.2 (2002) — Director
27. Clouds (2012) — Director
28. Green Eye (2013) — Director
29. The Bird Feeders (2008) — Director
30. Epitaph (2008) — Director
31. Keeping Things Whole (1970) — Director
32. Leaving The Harbor (1992) — Director
33. A Lion’s Tale — Director
34. Random Bits of Unknown Significance (2008) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Winter There Was Very Little Snow (1982) — Max