
James Broughton
Known for Directing · 19 credits
- Born
- 1913-11-10
- Died
- 1999-05-07
- Place of birth
- Modesto, California
Biography
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
Movies (19)

Fellow Travelers
2008
as Self (archive)

Cinématon
1978
as N°409

Jungle Girl
1984
Together
1976

Scattered Remains
1988

High Kukus
1973

Devotions
1983

Hermes Bird
1979
as Narration

Testament
1974
as Self

Birth of a Nation
1997
as Self

Shaman Psalm
1981

Adventures of Jimmy
1951

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011
as Himself (archive footage)

Once Upon An El
1955
Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton
1984

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013
as Self

The Water Circle
1975

Poet in Orbit
1980

Song of the Godbody
1977
About 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… With 19 credits spanning from 1951 to 2013, James Broughton has appeared in 19 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Broughton Movies
- Fellow Travelers (2008) — as Self (archive)
- Cinématon (1978) — as N°409
- Jungle Girl (1984)
- Together (1976)
- Scattered Remains (1988)
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