ROBERTA FRIEDMAN
is a filmmaker and video artist who has had a wide and varied media career. Her projects have ranged from the commercial, such as her work for George Lucas on Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back specializing in sparks, matte work, and swords, to the experimental, such as her interactive video The Erl King, the first interactive art piece, (made in collaboration with Grahame Weinbren) which was acquired by the Guggenheim Museum for its permanent collection. Roberta's work spans a large assortment of film and video productions, and collaborations with New Music musicians and composers, which have been presented extensively in the United States and Europe, at venues including The Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney, MOMA, and the Pompidou Centre among others, and have won awards. Her experimental films have been selected to be preserved by the American Academy of Film in Los Angeles.
SELECTED WORKS:
A Kiss for Jed Wood (2009) After 10 Minutes Lines (1976)
Amusement Park Composition & Decay (1973)
Bertha's Children (1976)
Bertha's Grandchildren (2011)
Bertha's Great-Grandchildren (2015)
Between the Lines (1977)
California Institute of the Arts 1973 (1973)
California Institute of the Arts 1974/75 (1974)
Cheap Imitations Part I: Melies - India Rubber Head (1980)
Cheap Imitations Part II: Madwomen (1980)
Cheap Imitations Part III: Point Point (1980)
Cross Sections (1975)
Crotchets and Contrivances (1977)
For Norma and Her Voices (1976)
Future Perfect (1978) Hempsters Plant the Seed (2010)
Kandinsky: A Close Look (2009-2012) Margaret and Marion Talk about Working (1980)
Murray and Max Talk About Money (1979) Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018)
Siblings (1975)
Terms of Analysis (1982)
The Making of Americans (1974)
Vicarious Thrills (1979)
Roberta is currently a producer on Are We Not Men: A DEVO Documentary and The Life and Times of Clarence "Big House" Gaines. She previously produced Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution, a PBS documentary. She is an Associate Professor in the Film Program of the School of Communication & Media at Montclair State University and a partner in Magic Circle Productions. She is also on the board of Millennium Film Workshop.
