
Standish Lawder
Biography
Born in Connecticut in 1936, Lawder attended Williams College and the National Autonomous University of Mexico as an undergraduate, and studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. While at the University of Munich, he became a test subject for a neurologist researching phosphenes at around 1960. During these experiments, he was injected with measured amounts of LSD, mescaline and psilocybin, and "spent a whole day in the clinic". In this, he became an early subject of psychedelics. Afterwards, he received his Doctor of Philosophy as an art historian at Yale University. His thesis, which was later published as The Cubist Cinema, examines the correlation between the history of film and its impact on modern art, described as a holistic overview by Anthony Reveaux inFilm Quarterly. His body of work is purported to span over 25 films and his literary works encapsulates several essays on experimental film. His first endeavors with experimental films started in his basement during a sabbatical of his in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (16 movies)
Construction Job
1969
Sunday In Southbury
1972

Intolerance (abridged)
1973
Runaway
1969

Corridor
1970

Necrology
1970

Color Film
1971

Electronical Politics
1988

Cinema16: American Short Films
2006

Raindance
1972
The March of the Garter Snakes
1965

Dangling Participle
1970

Catfilm for Katy and Cynnie
1974
Catfilm for Ursula
1969

Roadfilm
1970

Eleven Different Horses
1970
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