The Painter Sam Francis (2008)
85 min
Forty years in the making, 'The Painter Sam Francis' is artist Jeffrey Perkins' intimate portrait of abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis. The film retraces Francis' life and career from his childhood in California to his artistic maturation in post-war Paris, his time spent in Japan, and his prominence in the United States. It reveals a man in constant struggle with physical maladies and his own demons, but for whom creativity was a powerful life-sustaining force.
- Release date
- January 1, 2008
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Bruce Conner as Self
- Sam Francis as Self
- Al Held as Self
- Walter Hopps as Self
- Pontus Hultén as Self
- Arata Isozaki as Self
- Alfred Leslie as Self
- Ed Moses as Self
- Gordon Onslow-Ford as Self
- Edward Ruscha as Self
Crew
- Jeffrey Perkins · Director
- Jeffrey Perkins · Producer
- Charles Curtis · Composer
- Samantha Bertolotto · Cinematographer
- Jeffrey Perkins · Cinematographer
- Marc Vives · Editor