Nathaniel Dorsky Movies

A monody is an ode sung by a single actor in a Greek tragedy, a poem lamenting a person’s death. In this case, the sixth section of the...

"I have been wanting to make a shorter film in and about a briefer period of time. December was photographed during this often turbulent month and...

Norman’s father was a society portrait painter. After his father’s death, Norman faces the burden of inheriting his father’s...

"A pastourelle and an aubade are two different forms of courtship songs from the Troubadour tradition. In this case, the film Pastourelle, a sister...

"Temple Sleep was photographed and edited during the initial Virus lockdown. The fly casting pools in Golden Gate Park became a mind healing place...

Following a period of trauma and grief, the world around me once again declared itself in the form of one of the loveliest springs I can ever...

Summer in San Francisco is a dry and rainless season. The film, Summer, although photographed during this period of time, is not so much a...

The ever-presence of death.

The images in this film come from an extensive collection of out-dated raw stock that has been processed without being exposed, and sometimes...

Dorsky’s three earliest works (made when he “entered the realm of poetic filmmaking as an active maker”), all sound films, with...

Terce is the sixth film made during the Covid crises… the yellow greens of spring at last… the beginning of a greater relaxation.

Emanations is the third film made during the COVID crises… in this case October and November reveal small joys in a melancholic sea.

Shot in San Francisco from autumn of last year through the winter solstice, Nathaniel Dorsky's Song evinces a cool, mysterious tone as it captures...

This year our mid-summer’s night was adorned with a glorious full moon. The weeks and days preceding the solstice were magically alive with...

A bouquet from those final arid days of summer.

During a tour with my films in Spain last spring, I had the pleasure of being honoured with the attention of three young people who offered me the...

A silent portrait of Dorsky's collaborator exploring her Aztec heritage.

Light in the gardens of the San Francisco Arboretum, photographed in early spring. Elohim are divine beings, the energy of light as creation.

A strange autumnal in an empty world, a film of late autumn and ghostly presences.

September’s ripeness, a blessing on earth, our Indian summer.