James Broughton

Biography

James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta. His work is quintessentially Californian – exploring and engaging the polar frontiers of wildness and civility, male and female, body and spirit—with the crash of Pacific Ocean waves echoing throughout. "Ultimately I have learned more about poetry / from music and magic than from literature," he wrote.

Known for

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton
2013	Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton	Self
1997	Birth of a Nation	Self
1984	Jungle Girl
1983	Devotions
1981	Shaman Psalm
1979	Hermes Bird	Narration
1978	Cinématon	N°409
1977	Song of the Godbody
1976	Together
1975	The Water Circle
1973	High Kukus
1955	Once Upon An El
1951	Adventures of Jimmy

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	BUDDHALLAND	Sound
1988	Scattered Remains	Director
1983	Devotions	Director
1983	Devotions	Writer
1981	The Gardener of Eden	Director
1981	The Gardener of Eden	Writer
1981	Shaman Psalm	Director
1979	Hermes Bird	Director
1977	Song of the Godbody	Director
1977	Windowmobile	Director
1976	Erogeny	Director
1976	Together	Director
1975	The Water Circle	Director
1974	Testament	Director
1973	High Kukus	Director
1972	Dreamwood	Director
1972	Dreamwood	Writer
1971	This is It	Director
1970	The Golden Positions	Director
1969	Nuptiae	Director
1967	The Bed	Director
1953	The Pleasure Garden	Director
1953	The Pleasure Garden	Writer
1951	Four in the Afternoon	Director
1951	Loony Tom the Happy Lover	Director
1951	Adventures of Jimmy	Director
1948	Mother's Day	Director
1948	Mother's Day	Writer
1946	The Potted Psalm	Director