Preserved Projects

Film Archive

To date, the Academy’s active preservation program has preserved over 1,100 films. This list is updated on a quarterly basis. Download the full excel sheet.

In 2007, the Academy began embarking on a comprehensive project to digitize and conserve thousands of videotape elements in the Archive’s collection. Download the list of videotapes that have been digitized and conserved.

Visit Academy Collections, which brings together the holdings of the Academy Film Archive and a portion of the holdings of the Margaret Herrick Library for search and discovery.

THE ACT OF SEEING WITH ONE'S OWN EYES
Release Year:
1971
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Partners
Film Foundation

ANTICIPATION OF THE NIGHT
Release Year:
1958
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Film Foundation

THE BIRDS OF PARADISE
Release Year:
1999
Preserved Year:
2017
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

BLACK VISION
Release Year:
1965
Preserved Year:
2005
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

BLUE MOSES
Release Year:
1962
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

BLUE VALUE
Release Year:
1996
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

BOLTS OF MELODY
Release Year:
1956
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell

Categories
Experimental

CANNOT EXIST
Release Year:
1994
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

CAT'S CRADLE
Release Year:
1959
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

CHINESE SERIES
Release Year:
2003
Preserved Year:
2009
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

CITY STREAMING
Release Year:
1990
Preserved Year:
2015
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

CORNELL'S RING
Release Year:
1973
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell

Categories
Experimental

CRICKET REQUIEM
Release Year:
1999
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

DAYBREAK AND WHITE EYE
Release Year:
1957
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

THE DEAD
Release Year:
1960
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Film Foundation

DEUS EX
Release Year:
1971
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Partners
Film Foundation

DIVERTIMENTO
Release Year:
1997
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

EARTHEN AERIE
Release Year:
1995
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

EYE MYTH
Release Year:
1967
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

EYES
Release Year:
1971
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Partners
Film Foundation

GIFT
Release Year:
1973
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

HE WAS BORN, HE SUFFERED, HE DIED.
Release Year:
1974
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

INTERPOLATIONS 1-5
Release Year:
1992
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

LOUD VISUAL NOISES [SILENT VERSION]
Release Year:
1987
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

LOVING
Release Year:
1957
Preserved Year:
2009
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Film Foundation

NIGHT MULCH & VERY
Release Year:
2001
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

NODES
Release Year:
1981
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

THE PERSIAN SERIES 1-5
Release Year:
1999
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

PORTRAIT
Release Year:
1971
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

REFLECTIONS ON BLACK
Release Year:
1955
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Film Foundation

THE RIDDLE OF LUMEN
Release Year:
1972
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

ROUNDS
Release Year:
2000
Preserved Year:
2014
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

SARTRE'S NAUSEA
Release Year:
1961
Preserved Year:
2005
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

SARTRE'S NAUSEA [ -- PRODUCTION ELEMENTS. ORIGINAL CAMERA ROLLS]
Release Year:
1961
Preserved Year:
2005
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

SELF SONG & DEATH SONG
Release Year:
1997
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

SHOCKINGLY HOT
Release Year:
1997
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

SIRIUS REMEMBERED
Release Year:
1959
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Partners
Film Foundation

TWO FILMS: THE FEMALE MYSTIQUE AND SPARE LEAVES (FOR GORDON)
Release Year:
1998
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

TWO: CREELEY/MCCLURE
Release Year:
1965
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

UNGLASSED WINDOWS CAST A TERRIBLE REFLECTION
Release Year:
1953
Preserved Year:
2005
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

WATER FOR MAYA
Release Year:
2000
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING
Release Year:
1959
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Film Foundation

THE WONDER RING
Release Year:
1955
Preserved Year:
2005
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental

ZONE MOMENT
Release Year:
1956
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental