Man Ray

Biography

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky, August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known in the art world for his avant garde photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.

Directed

1. Return to Reason (1923) — Director
2. The Starfish (1928) — Director
3. Emak-Bakia (1926) — Director
4. The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice (1929) — Director
5. What Do Young Films Dream About? (1924) — Director
6. Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2024) — Director
7. Corrida (1929) — Director
8. Ady (1938) — Director
9. Poison (1933) — Director
10. Self-Portrait or What We All Miss (1930) — Director
11. Rue Campagne-Première (1923) — Director
12. Dance (1938) — Director
13. L'Atelier du Val de Grâce (1935) — Director
14. Juliet (1940) — Director
15. Les Chutes des "Mystères du château du Dé" (1929) — Director
16. La Garoupe (1937) — Director
17. Course landaise (1937) — Director
18. Les Films de Man Ray (2012) — Director
19. Two Women (1930) — Director
20. Home Movies (1938) — Director
21. Deux femmes (1930) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Entr'acte (1924) — Chess player, white set
2. The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice (1929) — Self
3. 8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
4. Lee Miller: Through the Mirror (1996) — Self (archive footage)
5. Dadascope (1962) — Voiceover (archive audio)
6. Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2024) — Self
7. Poison (1933) — himself
8. Ady (1938) — himself
9. The Truth about Black Dahlia (2007) — archive footage
10. Dada (1969)
11. Self-Portrait or What We All Miss (1930) — himself
12. Dance (1938) — Himself
13. Juliet (1940) — himself
14. Un été à la Garoupe (2020) — Self
15. About Special Effects (2001)
16. La Garoupe (1937) — himself
17. Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde (1997) — Self (archive footage)
18. Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978) — Self (archive footage)
19. Man Ray et les équations shakespeariennes — Man Ray
20. Dog Duet (1975)
21. William Wegman: Video Work 1970-1999 (2006)
22. Grimace (1967)
23. Filming Man Ray (1990)