James Broughton
James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta. His work is quintessentially Californian – exploring and engaging the polar frontiers of wildness and civility, male and female, body and spirit—with the crash of Pacific Ocean waves echoing throughout. "Ultimately I have learned more about poetry / from music and magic than from literature," he wrote.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1913-11-10 · Modesto, California
- Died
- 1999-05-07
Known for
- High Kukus (1973)
- The Bed (1967) — Director
- This is It (1971) — Director
- Mother's Day (1948) — Director
- The Potted Psalm (1946) — Director
- Four in the Afternoon (1951) — Director
- Loony Tom the Happy Lover (1951) — Director
- Dreamwood (1972) — Director
- Erogeny (1976) — Director
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) — Himself (archive footage)
- The Pleasure Garden (1953) — Director
- The Golden Positions (1970) — Director
- The Water Circle (1975)
- Testament (1974) — Self
- Nuptiae (1969) — Director
- Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (2013) — Self