02/09/1941
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA:
Ben Van Meter began making films and light shows in the mid-1960s in San Francisco and soon became a leading figure in Bay Area-underground filmmaking. His films, especially S.F. Trips Festival, An Opening (1966) and the epic Acid Mantra or Rebirth of a Nation (1968), are compelling attempts to visually and sonically inscribe psychedelia, as experience and philosophy, in the medium of film. Van Meter’s films were unavailable for many years, but their ongoing restoration by the Academy Film Archive and their inclusion in the de Young Museum’s 2017 exhibition, The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, has gained them a new audience.
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Apropos of San Francisco (1968) as |
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He's Here Now (1967) as |
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Me & Bruce & Art (1967) as Himself (voice) |
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Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen (1979) Cinematography |
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The Saga of Macrame Park (1974) Director |
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Magick Lantern Cycle (1974) Camera Operator |
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Set Your Chickens Free! (1974) Director |
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Homegrown (1971) Director |
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Krishna's March to the Sea (1971) Director |
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Interrogation (1970) Director |
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Boc Ging (1970) Director |
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Naked Zodiac (1969) Director |
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Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) Camera Operator |
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Vivid Color 3D Nude Models (1969) Director |
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Steve Miller Blues Band (1968) Director |
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Garden of Proserpine (1968) Director |
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Acid Mantra (1968) Director |
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Make Love Not War (1967) Director |
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For Life, Against the War (1967) Director |
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Nico (1967) Director |
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Me & Bruce & Art (1967) Director |
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BE (1967) Director |
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S.F. Trips Festival: An Opening (1966) Director |
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Acid Camp (1966) Director |
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Up Tight, L.A. Is Burning... Shit! (1965) Director |
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Some Don't (1965) Director |
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Bolex Peyote Bardo (1965) Director |
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Colorfilm (1965) Director |
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The Poon-Tang Trilogy (1964) Director |