Brian Butler (artist)

Brian Butler is an American artist, filmmaker and musician influenced by dark arts.

Brian Butler
Occupations
Known for
  • The Bartzabel Working
  • Brush of Baphomet
  • Night of Pan
  • Uncle Goddamn
Websitehttps://brianbutler.com

Personal life

Brian Butler is from Los Angeles, California.[1][2]

Career

Butler is an artist and filmmaker who explores the dark arts that influences his art pieces, music videos and psychedelic short films.[3]

In 2013, Butler staged a performance of The Bartzabel Working by Aleister Crowley.[1] His film Babylon Working starred Paz de la Huerta and screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[4] Butler produced several films with Kenneth Anger such as Night of Pan with Vincent Gallo.[2][5] He collaborated with Anger in the band Technicolor Skull[6] and was his manager.[7]

Butler filmed The Dove and the Serpent in Normandy[2] and worked on the music video Modern Art by Black Lips.[5]

Filmography

YearTitleProducerDirectorEditorActorScreenwriterCinematographerNotes
2000Ich will!YesNoNoNoNoNo
2004Disinfo NationSegmentNoNoNoNoNoSeries
Uncle GoddamnYesNoYesNoYesNo[8]
2009My Surfing LuciferYesNoNoNoNoNo
Night of PanYesYesYesYesYesNoMagus[2][5]
Brush of BaphometYesNoYesNoNoYes[9]
2010MissoniYesNoNoNoNoNo[5]
42 One Dream RushNoYesNoYesNoNoMagus
2011The Dove and the SerpentNoYesNoYesNoNo[2]
2019Cinemagician – Conversations with Kenneth AngerNoNoNoNoNoYes

References