Person
Leighton Pierce
Rochester, NY, USA
Leighton Pierce, born John Leighton Pierce, is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Vi…
IMDbKnown for
Popular titles
Biography
A closer look
Read full biography
Leighton Pierce, born John Leighton Pierce, is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Video at CalArts since the summer of 2014. He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a hypnotic effect as well as his use of sound design. The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water". Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience".
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
-
2025
CARBON
Movie Director
-
2024
Wasp Radial
Movie Director
-
2023
South Los Angeles Street
Movie Director
-
2022
Everything's gonna be OK
Movie Director
-
2018
DECK
Movie Director
-
2016
Candle Loopedy Loop
Movie Director
-
2014
White Ash
Movie Director
-
2012
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
Movie Director
-
2010
Sitting
Movie Director
-
2010
Retrograde Premonition
Movie Director
-
2010
Sharp Edge Blunt
Movie Director
-
2010
I Know, I Know
Movie Director
-
2008
Stone Moss
Movie Director
-
2007
Number One
Movie Director
-
2006
My Person in the Water
Movie Director
-
2005
Hammock
Movie Director
More credits
-
2004
Viscera
Movie Director
-
2003
A Private Happiness
Movie Director
-
2003
Pink Socks
Movie Director
-
2002
37th & Lex.
Movie Director
-
2002
Water Seeking its Level
Movie Director
-
2002
Evaporation
Movie Director
-
2002
Fall (3 parts)
Movie Director
-
2001
Veiled Red
Movie Director
-
2001
The Back Steps
Movie Director
-
2000
Wood
Movie Director
-
2000
Folded Time, Take 17
Movie Director
-
1998
Glass
Movie Director
-
1997
Memories of Water Parts #21, 6, and 27
Movie Director
-
1996
Puppy-Go-Round
Movie Director
-
1995
50 Feet of String
Movie Director
-
1994
Deer Isle #8: Going Out (in the morning)
Movie Director
-
1993
Blue Hat
Movie Director
-
1992
Red Shovel
Movie Director
-
1992
Deer Isle #5: The Crossing
Movie Director
-
1991
Thursday
Movie Director
-
1991
Principles of Harmonic Motion
Movie Director
-
1989
You Can Drive the Big Rigs
Movie Director
-
1988
What's Left is Wind
Movie Director
-
1987
On the Road Going Through
Movie Director
