Lillian Schwartz

Biography

Lillian Schwartz is a pioneer in the field of computer animation. In the early 1970s, she became the official artist in residence at AT&T Bell Laboratories, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratory and at Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Innovations where she would experiment with early computer graphics programs to create short works of film art. After studying traditional free-hand drawing while a nursing student at the University of Cincinnati, Schwartz became interested in incorporating technology into her artwork. Along with computer scientist Ken Knowlton, she helped create the image-generating programming language EXPLOR, with which she created many of her works in the mid to late '70s. In addition to her animation, Schwartz has also done research in the field of using computers to analyse the working methods of traditional artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Da Vinci by amassing large databases of their colour palettes and structures within their art. (from: http://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/tag/lillian-schwartz/)

Most Famous Work

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Some of My Best Friends Are...

(1971) Wardrobe Assistant

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Olympiad

(1971) Director

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Veil of Years

(1977) Director

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5

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Apotheosis

(1972) Director

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Mirage

(1974) Director

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The Artist and the Computer

(1976) Researcher

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5

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UFOs

(1971) Animation

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5

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Mutations

(1972) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	Self	Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory 2017-04-20 Movie
1976	Narrator (voice)	The Artist and the Computer 1976-10-02 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2015	Director	Pangloss 2015-01-01 Movie
2014	Director	Tacit Expressions 2014-01-01 Movie
	Director	Twirlinx 2014-01-01 Movie
	Director	AZTEC 2014-01-01 Movie
2013	Director	Exquisite Motions 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	Xtreme Sightings 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	Expressive Shapes 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	Lily's Sea 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	RGBCMY 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	3-D Exotic 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	EXALT 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	X-STRIA1 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	NUMÉROS 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	X-STRIA2 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Beauty of Excess 2013-01-01 Movie
	Director	Mood Changes 2013-01-01 Movie
2012	Director	Before Before 2012-10-09 Movie
2005	Director	OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980 2005-01-01 Movie
1997	Director	Morphing of the Telephone 1997-01-01 Movie
1994	Director	Reflections 1994-01-01 Movie
1986	Director	Beyond Picasso 1986-01-01 Movie
1984	Director	The Museum of Modern Art 1984-01-01 Movie
1982	Director	3 Degree K #02 1982-01-01 Movie
1979	Director	Rituel 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Director	Newtonian I 1978-01-01 Movie
	Director	Newtonian II 1978-01-01 Movie
	Director	Poet of His People 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Director	Veil of Years 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bagatelles 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	L'oiseau 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Nino 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Trois Visage 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Ensemble #1 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Juggler 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dancer 2 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Ensemble #2 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Mime Control 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director	La Spiritata 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	Pictures from a Gallery 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	Fantasies 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	On-Line 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	Experiments 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Director	Kinesis 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director	Alae 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director	Collage 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	Mirage 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Galaxies 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Metamorphosis 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Mayan 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Metathesis 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	Papillons 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	Innocence 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Director	Googolplex 1972-12-31 Movie
	Director	Apotheosis 1972-03-31 Movie
	Director	Mutations 1972-03-01 Movie
	Director	Affinities 1972-02-01 Movie
	Director	Mis-Takes 1972-01-01 Movie
	Director	Mathoms 1972-01-01 Movie
	Director	Enigma 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Director	Olympiad 1971-12-31 Movie
	Director	UFOs 1971-03-09 Movie
1970	Director	Pixillation 1970-06-22 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1997	Editor	Morphing of the Telephone 1997-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1997	Producer	Morphing of the Telephone 1997-01-01 Movie
1978	Producer	Poet of His People 1978-01-01 Movie
1976	Researcher	The Artist and the Computer 1976-10-02 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1978	Choreographer	Poet of His People 1978-01-01 Movie
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Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1974	Animation	Metamorphosis 1974-01-01 Movie
1971	Animation	UFOs 1971-03-09 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Costume & Make-Up

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1971	Wardrobe Assistant	Some of My Best Friends Are... 1971-10-27 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv