Warren Sonbert (1947–1995) was an American experimental filmmaker who worked from the late 1960s until his death in 1995.
Born in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, Warren described his childhood as quiet and uneventful. His father ran a chemical company in Brooklyn. He had no inclination to make films, and although there was an 8mm camera around the house, he never used it.
When he was 17, Sonbert met Gregory Markopoulos, who loaned him his Bolex camer...
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Warren Sonbert (1947–1995) was an American experimental filmmaker who worked from the late 1960s until his death in 1995.
Born in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, Warren described his childhood as quiet and uneventful. His father ran a chemical company in Brooklyn. He had no inclination to make films, and although there was an 8mm camera around the house, he never used it.
When he was 17, Sonbert met Gregory Markopoulos, who loaned him his Bolex camera, and encouraged Sonbert to make films. They also became lovers for about six months; Sonbert later called Markopoulos his first love.
For many, Sonbert was the supreme Romantic diarist of the cinema, in the tradition of Jonas Mekas and others who work within this highly personal genre. His early films were basically diaries: lyrical records of his friends going through their lives, involved in daily occurrences, shot without pre-planning. They were almost always accompanied by rock songs of the period, whose energy added to the power of...
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