The Films of Richard Myers

Winner of the 2014 Cleveland Arts Prize, Richard Myers has been producing experimental and documentary films for over 40 years. The Films of Richard Myers chronicles his work, along with descriptions and reviews by critics such as Roger Ebert, Arthur Knight, Roger Greenspun, Kevin Thomas, and Amos Vogel, as well as short reviews by Stan Brakhage and Pauline Kael. The major part of the book includes 180 stills from the films, all photographed by Myers. While his background is in painting, printmaking, and still photography, Myers emerged as a filmmaker in the early 1960s when independent experimental films were truly independent. Myers conceived, wrote, photographed, directed, and edited the films. His actors are family and friends, from his wife Pat to his grandmother, mother, and son, to Kent State University faculty and students. Myers's films have been shown all over the United States, from the Cleveland Cinematheque to the Museum of Modern Art, from the Ann Arbor and Chicago Film Festivals to the Whitney Museum of American Art. He has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, The American Film Institute, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2014 he was awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize.