Suzan Pitt

Suzan Pitt

Suzan Pitt (July 11th, 1943 - June 16th, 2019) was born and grew up in Kansas City, MO. In 1965 she graduated with a BFA in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art and has lived and worked in Europe, Mexico, New York and Los Angeles. In 1968 she began making animated films which were inspired by her paintings “My painted images seem to have a past and future and through animation I could imagine and dramatize their stories”. Her film "ASPARAGUS"'premiered in an installation at the Whitney Museum in 1979 and ran for two years with David Lynch’s ERASERHEAD in the midnight shows at the Waverly Theater and the NuArt theater in Los Angeles. A retrospective of Suzan Pitt’s prize-winning animated films was presented in 2017 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her paintings and films are in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center, The Museum of Modern Art, The Stedeliik Museum Amsterdam and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles. Her animated films have been featured at hundreds of prestigious venues around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival, the Morelia International Film Festival, and the Image Forum Film Festival in Tokyo.

  • Title: Suzan Pitt
  • Popularity: 1.113
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1943-07-11
  • Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Homepage: http://www.suzanpitt.com
  • Also Known As: Suzan Pitt Kraning
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Suzan Pitt Movies

  • 2006
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    Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision

    Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision

    1 2006 HD

    A short documentary about Suzan Pitt and her animated films, Asparagus (1979), Joy Street (1995) and El Doctor (2006).

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  • 2011
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    Twenty Cigarettes

    Twenty Cigarettes

    3.3 2011 HD

    Celebrated for his minimal, monumental landscape studies, James Benning turns to the intimacy of the portrait in his latest film, TWENTY CIGARETTES....

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  • 1979
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    Asparagus

    Asparagus

    6.6 1979 HD

    A symbolic reflection on issues of female sexuality, art and identity constructs.

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  • 1999
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    Cartoon Noir

    Cartoon Noir

    8.1 1999 HD

    Six animated shorts eschew traditional animation by featuring supernatural elements and darker themes, such as alien snatchings, life among...

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  • 2006
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    El Doctor

    El Doctor

    5.643 2006 HD

    In a crumbling 1920s Mexican hospital, patients with bizarre afflictions are in constant need of medical attention, but the miserable doctor in...

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  • 1995
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    Joy Street

    Joy Street

    6.4 1995 HD

    A nightmare of a woman depressed by the concrete world she lives in, and her journey from suicidal despair to personal renewal with the help of an...

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  • 1975
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    Jefferson Circus Songs

    Jefferson Circus Songs

    6.4 1975 HD

    In a fantasy world, life-size cardboard animations interact with children clad in clown wigs, monkey masks, and princess costumes. Together, they...

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  • 1970
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    Clay Woman Smoking

    Clay Woman Smoking

    6 1970 HD

    A clay woman smokes.

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  • 2013
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    Pinball

    Pinball

    5.8 2013 HD

    As George Antheil's avant-garde composition "Ballet Mecanique (1952 revision)" plays, a dizzying array of abstract paintings are captured in...

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  • 2013
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    Visitation

    Visitation

    6.2 2013 HD

    In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering...

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  • 1999
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    Al Tudi Tuhak

    Al Tudi Tuhak

    1 1999 HD

    The film, Al Tudi Tuhak, is a creation story inspired by the art and mythology of the Northwest coast people. The story involves the creator, or "The...

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  • 2017
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    SUZAN PITT - ANIMATED FILMS

    SUZAN PITT - ANIMATED FILMS

    10 2017 HD

    Films: - Asparagus (1979, 20 min, 35mm) - Joy Street (1995, 24 min, 35mm) - El Doctor (2006, 23 min, 35mm & video) - Visitation (2012, 12min,...

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  • 1979
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    Asparagus

    Asparagus

    6.6 1979 HD

    A symbolic reflection on issues of female sexuality, art and identity constructs.

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  • 1971
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    Crocus

    Crocus

    5.864 1971 HD

    A woman's nightly domestic rituals—from putting her baby to bed to making love—unspool in a playful parade of surreal,...

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  • 1973
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    Whitney Commercial

    Whitney Commercial

    1 1973 HD

    Commissioned by David Bienstock, creator of the New American Film Series at the Whitney Museum of Art to raise funds for the second season of the...

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  • 1970
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    Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game

    Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game

    1 1970 HD

    An animated short consisting of 4 segments: bowl, garden, theatre, marble game. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Harvard...

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  • 1972
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    Cels

    Cels

    1 1972 HD

    A showcase for the MCAD Animation Workshop 1972 where each student was given one of a series of cells to animate whatever they pleased.

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  • 2013
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    Visitation

    Visitation

    6.2 2013 HD

    In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering...

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  • 2013
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    Visitation

    Visitation

    6.2 2013 HD

    In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering...

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  • 2013
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    Visitation

    Visitation

    6.2 2013 HD

    In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering...

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  • 1995
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    Joy Street

    Joy Street

    6.4 1995 HD

    A nightmare of a woman depressed by the concrete world she lives in, and her journey from suicidal despair to personal renewal with the help of an...

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  • 1979
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    Asparagus

    Asparagus

    6.6 1979 HD

    A symbolic reflection on issues of female sexuality, art and identity constructs.

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  • 1971
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    Crocus

    Crocus

    5.864 1971 HD

    A woman's nightly domestic rituals—from putting her baby to bed to making love—unspool in a playful parade of surreal,...

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  • 1971
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    Crocus

    Crocus

    5.864 1971 HD

    A woman's nightly domestic rituals—from putting her baby to bed to making love—unspool in a playful parade of surreal,...

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  • 1971
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    Crocus

    Crocus

    5.864 1971 HD

    A woman's nightly domestic rituals—from putting her baby to bed to making love—unspool in a playful parade of surreal,...

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