Edgar Howard
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Also known as
Edgar B. Howard

Edgar Howard

Biography

Edgar Howard is the Founder and President of Checkerboard Films, a non-profit foundation established in 1979 to document the American arts for archival and educational purposes. He has produced and/or directed over 45 films, beginning with his first profile on painter Brice Marden in 1977.

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YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Thom Mayne: U.S. Federal Office Building, San FranciscoProducer
Studio Gang Architects: Aqua TowerProducer
Peter Eisenman: University of Phoenix Stadium for the Arizona CardinalsProducer
2019Frank Stella: Black Aluminum CopperDirector
2019James Rosenquist Up CloseDirector
2018On The Wings of BrancusiDirector
2018On The Wings of BrancusiProducer
2018The Architecture and Art of Cornell TechDirector
2015Inventing Cornell Tech: The VisionProducer
2015Inventing Cornell Tech: The VisionDirector
John Richardson: The Art of Picasso 1927 - 1973Director
2014Jeff Koons: The Whitney RetrospectiveDirector
2013Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High LineProducer
2012Eric Fischl: The Process of PaintingDirector
2012Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of ArtDirector
2011James Salter: A Sport and a PastimeDirector
2011James Salter: A Sport and a PastimeProducer
2010Sol LeWitt: Wall DrawingsDirector
2009Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular EvolutionProducer
2008Jean Nouvel: Guthrie TheaterProducer
2008Steven Holl: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch BuildingProducer
2007Ellsworth Kelly: FragmentsDirector
2003Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the WoodsProducer
Vincent Scully: An Art Historian Among ArchitectsProducer
1985Yvonne Jacquette: Autumn ExpansionDirector
1978Duane Michals (1939-1997)Director
Brice MardenDirector
Julie Mehretu: PalimpsestDirector
Julie Mehretu: PalimpsestProducer