Peggy Ahwesh

Biography

Peggy Ahwesh (b. 1954 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. A bricoleur who has created both narrative works and documentaries, some projects are scripted and others incorporate improvised performance. She makes use of sync sound, found footage, digital animation, and Pixelvision video. Her work is primarily an investigation of cultural identity and the role of the subject in various genres. Her interests include genre; women, sexuality and feminism; reenactment; and artists' books. Her works have been shown worldwide, including in San Francisco, New York, Barcelona, London, Toronto, Rotterdam, and Créteil, France. Starting in 1990, she has taught at Bard College as a Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Her teaching interests include: experimental media, history of the non-fiction film, and women in film.

Directed

1. The Deadman (1989) — Director
2. The Color of Love (1994) — Director
3. Nocturne (1998) — Director
4. The Scary Movie (1993) — Director
5. Martina's Playhouse (1986) — Director
6. She Puppet (2001) — Director
7. Strange Weather (1993) — Director
8. From Romance to Ritual (1985) — Director
9. Trick Film (1996) — Director
10. The Falling Sky (2018) — Director
11. Certain Women (2004) — Director
12. Lies and Excess (1998) — Director
13. Curve the Night Sky (2021) — Director
14. The Vision Machine (1997) — Director
15. Beirut Outtakes (2007) — Director
16. Notes From the Lower East Side (2012) — Director
17. My Cat gets an Aura Reading (2011) — Director
18. The Third Body (2007) — Director
19. Bethlehem (2009) — Director
20. Lessons of War (2015) — Director
21. Kissing Point (2014) — Director
22. Alluvium (2015) — Director
23. The Blackest Sea (2016) — Director
24. OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster (2023) — Director
25. OR119 (2023) — Director
26. Le Cyrk Wedding (1980) — Director
27. 73 Suspect Words (2000) — Director
28. Heaven's Gate (2001) — Director
29. Doppelganger (1987) — Director
30. EROS BDAY MUSH.mov (2022) — Director
31. Dubai Fountain — Director
32. Omedium (2006) — Director
33. The Ape of Nature — Director
34. H.D. (2005) — Director
35. Border Control (2019) — Director
36. Re: The Operation (2019) — Director
37. Kansas Atlas (2019) — Director
38. The Fragments Project (1995) — Director
39. Para-Normal Intelligence (1983) — Director
40. Philosophy in the Bedroom (1993) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Scary Movie (1993) — Camera Action
2. 365 Day Project (2007) — Self
3. Age 12: Love with a Little L (1991)
4. Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness (1989)
5. Rainy Season (1987)
6. The Making of a Superhero Musical (2015) — Brina's Mom
7. Deliver (2008) — Lou