Charles Atlas

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

Charles Atlas is a video artist and film director who also does lighting and set design. He is a pioneer in developing media-dance, also called dance for camera.

Best known work

SSS

1989

The Legend of Leigh Bowery

2002

Put More Blood Into the Music

1988

Turning

2012

Merce by Merce by Paik

1978

Hail the New Puritan

1986

Check Your Body at the Door

2012

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

2001

Son of Sam and Delilah

1991

Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

1999

Filmography

TBA
Ex-Romance
Director
TBA
BIPED
Director
TBA
Exchange
Director, Cinematography
2020
A Prune Twin
Director
2017
The Tyranny of Consciousness
Director
2015
A Museum ?
Director
2012
Turning
as Self, Director, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Set Decoration
2012
Check Your Body at the Door
Director
2010
Ocean
Director
2010
Grand Dance of Jolly 3
Director
2006
Tornado Warning
Director
2002
Rainer Variations
Director
2002
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Director
2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Director
2000
THE “MARTHA” TAPES, PART 6
Director
2000
The "Martha" Tapes, part 8
Director
1999
It's a Jackie Thing
Director
1999
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
Director
1999
Oh, Misha
Director
1998
Staten Island Sex Cult
Editor, Director
1994
Superhoney
Director
1991
We Interrupt This Program
Director
1991
What I Did Last Summer
Director
1991
Son of Sam and Delilah
Editor, Director
1990
The Myth of Modern Dance
Director