Peggy Ahwesh

Known for DirectingBorn 1954-01-01 (age 72)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.Read more

Movies & web series

365 Day Project

Strange Weather

Certain Women

Rainy Season

Age 12: Love with a Little L

Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

Martina's Playhouse

Eclipse

The Genius

The Scary Movie

The Color of Love

She Puppet

Observando el cielo

From Romance to Ritual

Fun Down There

Damned If You Don't

Nocturne

The Deadman

The Falling Sky

The Second Coming

Trick Film

the Night Sky Trilogy

the (We) Fallen

The Wayfinders

Qalandia

OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster

OR119

The Summer Triangle

EROS BDAY MUSH.mov

Curve the Night Sky

Border Control

Re: The Operation

Kansas Atlas

The Blackest Sea

The Making of a Superhero Musical

Lessons of War

Alluvium

Kissing Point

Notes From the Lower East Side

Wadena

My Cat gets an Aura Reading

Bethlehem

Deliver

Beirut Outtakes

The Third Body

Warm Objects

Omedium

H.D.