Jeff Keen
Jeff Keen (1923–2012) was a pioneer of experimental film whose rapid-fire animations, multiple screen projections and raucous performances redefined multimedia art in Britain. Keen was a veteran of the Second World War, and his work powerfully evokes the violence, colour, speed and noise of the 20th century. He transformed cinema into a riotous collage of comics, drawings, B-movie posters, plastic toys, burning props and extravagant costumes. His early 8 mm and 16 mm films are built for speed, combining footage of Beat-era motifs – jazz, motorbikes and car culture – with experimental animations in which the achievements and atrocities of the 20th century seem to flash by within a few short, cacophonous seconds. A single frame could not contain the frenzied energy of Keen’s imagination, and by the mid-1960s he began to use multiple screens and live action in presentations of his work.
Marvo Movie
(Director)
White Lite
(Director)
Cineblatz
(Director)
The Pink Auto
(Director)
The Autumn Feast
(Director)
The Autumn Feast
(Cinematography)
Mad Love
(Director)
Spontaneous Combustion
(Director)
Artwar Loop 1
(Director)
Artwar: The Last Frontier
(Director)
Artwar
(Director)
Omozap Terribelis
(Director)
Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo
(Director)
Omozap in Artwar
(Director)
Plasticator
(Director)
Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3
(Director)
Like the Time Is Now
(Director)
Blazomatika
(Director)
Blatzom in Artwar
(Director)
Day of the Arcane Light
(Director)
Plazmatic Blatz
(Director)
Missing Close-ups
(Director)
Flik Flak
(Director)
Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)
(Director)
Artwar Loop 2
(Director)
Instant Cinema
(Director)
Breakout
(Director)
Wail
(Director)
Blatzom
(Director)
Pulverised Cinema
(Director)
B-B-B Bom and Life Storm
(Director)
24 Films
(Director)
Omozap 2
(Director)
Return of Silver Head
(Director)
Joy Thru Film
(Director)
The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke
(Director)
White Dust
(Director)
Meatdaze
(Director)
Kino Pulveriso
(Director)
The Cartoon Theatre of Dr Gaz
(Director)
Kino Staccato
(Director)
Victory Thru Film Power
(Director)
Omozap
(Director)
Rayday Film
(Director)
Afterblatz 2
(Director)
Diary Films
(Director)
Marvo Movie
(Writer)
Rosa Canina
(Director)
Godzilla: Last of the Creatures
(Director)
Lone Star
(Director)
Stolen Moments
(Director)
White Lite
(Writer)
Eyeblaze
(Director)
The Games and Diversions of Dr. Gaz
(Director)
Hamma Blatz Onata
(Director)