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Peter Cramer

Peter Cramer

Directing

Biography

Peter Cramer is known for cross-disciplinary multimedia works that encompass experimental film, documentary, and diaristic approach. Through photography, film/video, installation and performance, his practice often addresses socio-political engagement and issues of sexual/gender identity, AIDS activism and archival histories. With his longstanding partner and collaborator Jack Waters, he co-established Allied Productions Inc., a non-profit arts umbrella, in 1981. They served as directors of ABC No Rio alternative art collective from 1983 to 1990, and founded Le Petit Versailles, a community garden in New York City, in 1996.

Known For

Daddy Longlegs
6.6

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.

Daddy Longlegs

2010
Jason and Shirley
2.7

Based on a true story, Jason and Shirley recreates the 1966 power struggle between Jewish, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Shirley Clarke and her subject, Jason Holiday, a fierce black gay queen over a 12-hour marathon filming session which gave rise to Clarke's iconic documentary Portrait of Jason.

Jason and Shirley

2015
La Belle Fleur
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A film starring Gordon Kurtti, Jack Waters, Peter Cramer, Samoa, and others with original soundtrack by Barry Frier on percussion and Samoa on vocals. Inspired by Japanese Noe theater and specifically Sankai Juku, films from Hollywood’s silent era and 1920s German Expressionist theatre and film.

La Belle Fleur

1985
Nitrate Kisses
5.0

Essay documentary explores eroded emulsions and images for lost vestiges of lesbian and gay culture. First feature by a pioneer of lesbian cinema, Hammer weaves gay and lesbian couples with footage that unearths the forbidden and invisible history of a marginalized people.

Nitrate Kisses

1992
Introducing Mr. Diana
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FROM THE NAKED EYE CINEMA - INTRODUCING MR. DIANA, a video short documenting the arrival of controversial comic book artist and illustrator Michael Diana–the hottest astral flame to scorch New York City's creative underbelly–to New York City. Mike's soft spoken, gentle character is in sharp contrast to the harsh illustrated images of bloody sexuality he creates. His persona combines the raw innocence of Melvile's Billy Budd with the lusty ingenuousness of Voltaire's Candide. The video features the "three faces of Mike": Artist, Political Scapegoat, and Object Of Desire. Explore the territory "Inside Michael Diana", as the film makers survey his surfer-buff physique.

Introducing Mr. Diana

1996
Coney Island
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A haunting document of what was once the worlds most famous amusement park beach resort. –Naked Eye Cinema

Coney Island

1987
Black & White Study
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An exploration of chiaroscuro, nudes, movement and film techniques in constantly shifting fields of perception. Eroticism and humor highlight an interracial couple engaged in a tableau vivant of opposites and attractions.

Black & White Study

1990
Why Do You Love Me So Much
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Starring Jack Waters with a special guest appearance by Peter Cramer.

Why Do You Love Me So Much

2022
The Flower Market
N/A

New York's floral district, like Amsterdam's is a scene that is most vibrant at the crack of dawn when flowers are shipped in to wholesalers. Very convenient timing if you've spent all night at the disco! If you want it fresh, you have to be there early. Not only are the better florists there to get the freshest flowers, but also the latest, freshest, and hottest dish. The scenario of this video is inspired by the central core of the design world: innuendo, rumors and gossip. Hearsay based on the cruising practices of one of New York's top gay floral designers. A vignette in a pastoral country setting–full of sunflowers and wild flowers–shows what the honey bee is really attracted to. Two lusty youths get it on atop a bed of exotic varieties.

The Flower Market

1994
6 Feet: Dancers That I Know and Love
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A profile of three dancers: Brian Taylor, Jack Waters and Peter Cramer, friends, collaborators and founding members of P.O.O.L. - Performance On One Leg.

6 Feet: Dancers That I Know and Love

1991
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FROM THE NAKED EYE CINEMA - Capturing the conflict of fighting violence with violence, terror against terrorism, politics exploiting itself.

Corrective Measures: Politically Speaking