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Kenneth Anger

American filmmaker (1927–2023)

0.72body-of-work score · ranked #1200 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
February 3, 1927 · Santa Monica
Died
May 11, 2023 · Yucca Valley
Nationality
United States
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Kenneth Anger
Jeff Hart · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Eaux d'artifice

    1953 · United States

    National Film Registry (inducted 1993)

    0.231 citation
  2. 2
    Scorpio Rising

    1963 · United States

    National Film Registry (inducted 2022)

    0.231 citation
  3. 3
    Lucifer Rising

    1972 · United States · documentary

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1980 #8

    0.161 citation
  4. 4
    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    1954 · United States · horror, fantasy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.