Emile Norman: By His Own Design
71 minutes, 2006
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FOCUS: FILM ARTS FOUNDATION • “I'll never run out of ideas,” feisty artist Emile Norman states. Now in his 80s and basking in Big Sur amid the natural splendor that inspires his fanciful animal sculptures and mosaics, Norman recounts career highlights (massive masterpieces for San Francisco's Masonic Auditorium), gay life through the decades (he was defiantly “out” in the repressive '50s) and everlasting love (with charismatic hunk Brooks Clement, his partner for over 30 years). Norman's narrative is augmented with skillfully lensed images of his art and interviews with friends and artists who attest to his singular artistic vision. Set to pipe-organ renditions of Norman's beloved Bach, this wonderful portrait is as beautiful and quirky as his own trademark purple beret. — S. Jenkins
Director: Will Parrinello
Producer: Michael Tucker, Jill Eikenberry, Will Parrinello
Screenwriter: Doris Baizley
Cinematographer: Will Parrinello, Andrew Black, Jim Iacona
Editor: Mary Lampson
Print Source: The Emile Norman Documentary Project
320 W. 83rd St. Apt #3C
New York, NY, 10024
Tel: 212.362.0631
PRECEDED BY:
Phoenix Dance
Director: Karina Epperlein
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