Peggy Ahwesh

Directing·Jan 1, 1954·Canonsburg, PA

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Peggy Ahwesh (b. 1954 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. A bricoleur who has created both narrative works and documentaries, some projects are scripted and others incorporate improvised performance. She makes use of sync sound, found footage, digital animation, and Pixelvision video. Her work is primarily an investigation of cultural identity and the role of the subject in various genres. Her interests include genre; women, sexuality and feminism; reenactment; and artists' books. Her works have been shown worldwide, including in San Francisco, New York, Barcelona, London, Toronto, Rotterdam, and Créteil, France. Starting in 1990, she has taught at Bard College as a Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Her teaching interests include: experimental media, history of the non-fiction film, and women in film.

Film	Credit
tthe Night Sky Trilogy2026 · Director	Director
The Wayfinders2025 · Director	Director
Qalandia2025 · Director	Director
the (We) Fallen2025 · Director	Director
OR1192023 · Director	Director
OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster2023 · Director	Director
The Summer Triangle2023 · Director	Director
EROS BDAY MUSH.mov2022 · Director	Director
Curve the Night Sky2021 · Director	Director
Kansas Atlas2019 · Director	Director
Border Control2019 · Director	Director
Re: The Operation2019 · Director	Director
The Falling Sky2018 · Director	Director
TThe Blackest Sea2016 · Director	Director
The Making of a Superhero Musical2015 · Brina's Mom	Brina's Mom
LLessons of War2015 · Director	Director
AAlluvium2015 · Director	Director
KKissing Point2014 · Director	Director
Wadena2012 · Director	Director
NNotes From the Lower East Side2012 · Director	Director
MMy Cat gets an Aura Reading2011 · Director	Director
Bethlehem2009 · Director	Director
Deliver2008 · Lou	Lou
365 Day Project2007 · Self	Self
TThe Third Body2007 · Director	Director
Beirut Outtakes2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Warm Objects2007 · Director	Director
OOmedium2006 · Director	Director
H.D.2005 · Director	Director
Certain Women2004 · Director	Director
The Star Eaters2004 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
SShe Puppet2001 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Heaven's Gate2001 · Director	Director
73 Suspect Words2000 · Director	Director
NNocturne1998 · Director	Director
Lies and Excess1998 · Director	Director
The Vision Machine1997 · Director	Director
TTrick Film1996 · Director	Director
TThe Fragments Project1995 · Director	Director
The Color of Love1994 · Director	Director
Philosophy in the Bedroom1993 · Director	Director
The Scary Movie1993 · Camera Action, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography	Camera Action, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
Strange Weather1993 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Age 12: Love with a Little L1991 · Actor	Actor
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness1989 · Actor	Actor
The Deadman1989 · Director	Director
Rainy Season1987 · Actor	Actor
Doppelganger1987 · Director	Director