Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.

Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
Born 1943
Died July 28, 1987
Nationality American
Occupation Filmmaker

Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. (19431987) was an American filmmaker.

Life

Although the bulk of his output was in the gay pornography genre, he also wrote and directed Buddies. Released in 1985, Buddies was the first American feature film on the subject of the AIDS pandemic. Other films included Gay USA (1978), an early documentary film about the burgeoning gay rights movement in America that came at a time when that movement was facing backlash from such people as Anita Bryant; and Abuse (1983), a dramatic film about a young effeminate boy who seeks out an older gay man to escape his parents, who torture him in their home. Copies of Abuse and Buddies are held by the Hormel Center at the San Francisco Public Library as part of a collection donated by the Frameline Film Festival.[1]

Bressan died of an AIDS-related illness on July 28, 1987.[2]

Awards

Notes

  1. Majko, Matthew (2015-10-01), "Frameline film trove finds home at Hormel center", Bay Area Reporter, retrieved 2015-10-13
  2. Rutledge, p. 280
  3. Guyjoy, Wilder, editor-in-chief (November 1995). Adam Gay Video 1996 Directory. Los Angeles, California: Knight Publishing Corp.

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