Jeff Keen

Person

Jeff Keen

Directing November 26, 1923

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK

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. Ke…

IMDb

Known for

Popular titles

Cineblatz

Cineblatz

9.0 1967 Movie
Instant Cinema

Instant Cinema

9.3 1965 Movie
Rayday Film

Rayday Film

8.0 1970 Movie
Plazmatic Blatz

Plazmatic Blatz

8.0 1991 Movie
Breakout

Breakout

8.5 1962 Movie
Pulverised Cinema

Pulverised Cinema

8.0 1990 Movie
Spontaneous Combustion

Spontaneous Combustion

9.0 1989 Movie
Kino Pulveriso

Kino Pulveriso

9.0 1993 Movie
Marvo Movie

Marvo Movie

8.0 1967 Movie
Omozap 2

Omozap 2

7.5 1991 Movie
Eyeblaze

Eyeblaze

2006 Movie
White Dust

White Dust

10.0 1972 Movie

Biography

A closer look

Read full biography

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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2006
    Eyeblaze

    Movie Director

  2. 2002
    Afterblatz 2

    Movie Director

  3. 2002
    Omozap Terribelis

    Movie Director

  4. 2000
    Joy Thru Film

    Movie Director

  5. 2000
    Art Flies Free

    Movie Self

  6. 1999
    Kino Staccato

    Movie Director

  7. 1995
    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Movie Director

  8. 1995
    Omozap in Artwar

    Movie Director

  9. 1994
    Artwar

    Movie Director

  10. 1994
    Hamma Blatz Onata

    Movie Director

  11. 1993
    Kino Pulveriso

    Movie Director

  12. 1993
    Artwar: The Last Frontier

    Movie Director

  13. 1991
    Plazmatic Blatz

    Movie Director

  14. 1991
    Omozap 2

    Movie Director

  15. 1991
    Omozap

    Movie Director

  16. 1990
    Pulverised Cinema

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1990
    Blazomatika

    Movie Director

  2. 1990
    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm

    Movie Director

  3. 1990
    Plasticator

    Movie Director

  4. 1990
    Artwar Loop 1

    Movie Director

  5. 1990
    Artwar Loop 2

    Movie Director

  6. 1990
    Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo

    Movie Director

  7. 1990
    Blatzom in Artwar

    Movie Director

  8. 1989
    Spontaneous Combustion

    Movie Director

  9. 1986
    Blatzom

    Movie

  10. 1984
    The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke

    Movie Director

  11. 1980
    Victory Thru Film Power

    Movie Director

  12. 1980
    Return of Silver Head

    Movie Silver Head

  13. 1979
    The Cartoon Theatre of Dr Gaz

    Movie Director

  14. 1978
    Mad Love

    Movie Director

  15. 1976
    Godzilla: Last of the Creatures

    Movie Director

  16. 1976
    Diary Films

    Movie Director

  17. 1975
    Lone Star

    Movie Director

  18. 1975
    24 Films

    Movie Director

  19. 1975
    Rosa Canina

    Movie Director

  20. 1972
    White Dust

    Movie Director

  21. 1972
    Stolen Moments

    Movie Director

  22. 1970
    Rayday Film

    Movie Director

  23. 1969
    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)

    Movie Director

  24. 1969
    Day of the Arcane Light

    Movie Director