List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1960–1964

A list of avant-garde and experimental films released between 1960 and 1964. Unless where noted, all films had sound and were in black and white.

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
1960
Actua-Tilt	Jean Herman (Jean Vautrin)	Monique Le Porrier, Claude-Jean Phillipe		[1]
Arnulf Rainer	Peter Kubelka
The Flower Thief	Ron Rice	Taylor Mead		[2]
1961
The Autumn Feast	Piero Heliczer, Jeff Keen	Piero Heliczer, Kate Heliczer		Black & white/color, sound on tape [3]
Night Tide	Curtis Harrington	Dennis Hopper, Margaret Cameron		[4]
1962
La Jetée	Chris Marker	Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich		[5]
1963
Towers, Open Fire	Antony Balch	William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin		Black & white/color. First shown in 1966; written by Burroughs.[6]
William Buys a Parrot	Antony Balch	William S. Burroughs		Color.[7]
Blonde Cobra	Ken Jacobs, Bob Fleischner	Jack Smith, Jerry Sims		Filmed in 1959-60; completed by Jacobs in 1963.[8]
Flaming Creatures	Jack Smith	Jack Smith, Mario Montez, Judith Malina		Color.[9]
Little Stabs at Happiness	Ken Jacobs	Jack Smith, Jerry Sims		Color. Partly filmed in 1959-60 and often dated to 1960, but film states 1963.[10][11]
Scorpio Rising	Kenneth Anger	Bruce Byron		Color.
Christmas on Earth	Barbara Rubin	Gerard Malanga		Black & white.
1964
Dog Star Man	Stan Brakhage			Begun in 1961. Color, silent.[12]

References

1. Pratt Library 16mm Experimental Films
2. Ron Rice's The Flower Thief
3. Piero Heliczer Web Page
4. TCM Dennis Hopper Tribute: Night Tide
5. Criterion Collection La Jetée DVD
6. Rob Bridgett. An Appraisal of the Films of William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Anthony Balch in terms of Recent Avant Garde Theory, Bright Lights Film Journal Issue 39
7. Timothy S. Murphy. Wising Up the Marks: The Amodern William Burroughs. University of California Press, 1997, pg. 207
8. P. Adams Sitney: Visionary Film [P. Adams Sitney - Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000. Oxford University Press, 2003, ppg. 315-319]
9. J. Hoberman: Up On the Roof
10. Underground Film Guide entry
11. Little Stabs at Happiness
12. Brakhage filmography