Peggy Ahwesh
Directing
1954-01-01 · Canonsburg, PA
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.
Filmography
the Night Sky Trilogy
2026 · Movie
The Wayfinders
2025 · Movie
Qalandia
2025 · Movie
the (We) Fallen
2025 · Movie
OR119
2023 · Movie
OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster
2023 · Movie
The Summer Triangle
2023 · Movie
EROS BDAY MUSH.mov
2022 · Movie
Curve the Night Sky
2021 · Movie
Kansas Atlas
2019 · Movie
Border Control
2019 · Movie
Re: The Operation
2019 · Movie
The Falling Sky
2018 · Movie
The Blackest Sea
2016 · Movie
The Making of a Superhero Musical
2015 · Movie
Lessons of War
2015 · Movie
Alluvium
2015 · Movie
Kissing Point
2014 · Movie
Wadena
2012 · Movie
Notes From the Lower East Side
2012 · Movie
My Cat gets an Aura Reading
2011 · Movie
Bethlehem
2009 · Movie
Deliver
2008 · Movie
Observing the Sky
2008 · Movie
365 Day Project
2007 · Movie
The Third Body
2007 · Movie
Beirut Outtakes
2007 · Movie
Warm Objects
2007 · Movie
Omedium
2006 · Movie
Eclipse
2005 · Movie
H.D.
2005 · Movie
Certain Women
2004 · Movie
The Star Eaters
2004 · Movie
She Puppet
2001 · Movie
Heaven's Gate
2001 · Movie
73 Suspect Words
2000 · Movie
Nocturne
1998 · Movie
Lies and Excess
1998 · Movie
The Vision Machine
1997 · Movie
Trick Film
1996 · Movie
The Second Coming
1995 · Movie
The Fragments Project
1995 · Movie
The Color of Love
1994 · Movie
The Genius
1993 · Movie
Philosophy in the Bedroom
1993 · Movie
Strange Weather
1993 · Movie
The Scary Movie
1993 · Movie
Age 12: Love with a Little L
1991 · Movie
Fun Down There
1989 · Movie
The Deadman
1989 · Movie
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989 · Movie
Rainy Season
1987 · Movie
Damned If You Don't
1987 · Movie
Doppelganger
1987 · Movie
Martina's Playhouse
1986 · Movie
From Romance to Ritual
1985 · Movie
Nostalgia for Paradise
1983 · Movie
Para-Normal Intelligence
1983 · Movie
Le Cyrk Wedding
1980 · Movie
Ode to the New Prehistory
Movie
The Ape of Nature
Movie
Dubai Fountain
Movie