Actor

Ben Van Meter

Directing

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

1.6

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Movies: 10Series: 0Crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 2645400

Known for: Directing

Born: February 9, 1941

Died: August 8, 2019

Age: 78

Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 2019

Years active: 56

Average TMDB rating: 5.9

Also known as

Humble Ben

Other jobs

Director (5)Camera Operator (2)Cinematography (1)

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Biography

Ben Van Meter began making films and light shows in the mid-1960s in San Francisco and soon became a leading figure in Bay Area-underground filmmaking. His films, especially S.F. Trips Festival, An Opening (1966) and the epic Acid Mantra or Rebirth of a Nation (1968), are compelling attempts to visually and sonically inscribe psychedelia, as experience and philosophy, in the medium of film. Van Meter’s films were unavailable for many years, but their ongoing restoration by the Academy Film Archive and their inclusion in the de Young Museum’s 2017 exhibition, The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, has gained them a new audience.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Ben Van Meter.