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Leighton Pierce

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Directed movies: 27Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 1274375

IMDb ID: nm0682408

Known for: Directing

Born: October 27, 1954

Age: 71

Place of birth: Rochester, NY, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1980 - 2024

Years active: 45

Wikidata: Q3229165

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Biography

Leighton Pierce, born John Leighton Pierce, is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Video at CalArts since the summer of 2014. He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a hypnotic effect as well as his use of sound design. The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water". Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience".

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