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Peggy Ahwesh
Canonsburg, PA
Peggy Ahwesh (b. 1954 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. A bricoleur who has created both narrative works and documentaries, some…
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Peggy Ahwesh (b. 1954 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. A bricoleur who has created both narrative works and documentaries, some projects are scripted and others incorporate improvised performance. She makes use of sync sound, found footage, digital animation, and Pixelvision video. Her work is primarily an investigation of cultural identity and the role of the subject in various genres. Her interests include genre; women, sexuality and feminism; reenactment; and artists' books. Her works have been shown worldwide, including in San Francisco, New York, Barcelona, London, Toronto, Rotterdam, and Créteil, France. Starting in 1990, she has taught at Bard College as a Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Her teaching interests include: experimental media, history of the non-fiction film, and women in film.
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2026
the Night Sky Trilogy
Movie Director
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2025
The Wayfinders
Movie Director
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2025
Qalandia
Movie Director
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2025
the (We) Fallen
Movie Director
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2023
OR119
Movie Director
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2023
OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster
Movie Director
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2023
The Summer Triangle
Movie Director
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2022
EROS BDAY MUSH.mov
Movie Director
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2021
Curve the Night Sky
Movie Director
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2019
Kansas Atlas
Movie Director
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2019
Border Control
Movie Director
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2019
Re: The Operation
Movie Director
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2018
The Falling Sky
Movie Director
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2016
The Blackest Sea
Movie Director
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2015
The Making of a Superhero Musical
Movie Brina's Mom
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2015
Alluvium
Movie Director
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2015
Lessons of War
Movie Director
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2014
Kissing Point
Movie Director
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2012
Wadena
Movie Director
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2012
Notes From the Lower East Side
Movie Director
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2011
My Cat gets an Aura Reading
Movie Director
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2009
Bethlehem
Movie Director
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2008
Deliver
Movie Lou
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2008
Observing the Sky
Movie Sound Designer
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2007
365 Day Project
Movie Self
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2007
The Third Body
Movie Director
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2007
Beirut Outtakes
Movie Director
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2007
Warm Objects
Movie Director
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2006
Omedium
Movie Director
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2005
Eclipse
Movie Sound Recordist
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2005
H.D.
Movie Director
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2004
Certain Women
Movie Director
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2004
The Star Eaters
Movie Director
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2001
She Puppet
Movie Editor
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2001
Heaven's Gate
Movie Director
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2000
73 Suspect Words
Movie Director
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1998
Nocturne
Movie Director
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1998
Lies and Excess
Movie Director
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1997
The Vision Machine
Movie Director
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1996
Trick Film
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