THE TASMANIAN DEVIL Documentary (1964) Walter Ungerer
Walter Ungerer has been working as a filmmaker and media artist for over forty years. His presence as an experimental filmmaker was first established with his short 16mm film MEET ME, JESUS (1965), which gained national attention at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. In 1970 his UBI EST TERRAM OOBIAE? (1969) was included in a Museum of Modern Art collection of experimental films which toured the world representing the United States. Then THE ANIMAL (1976) won first prize in the feature narrative category at the 1977 Athens International Film Festival, and Ungerer's reputation as a leading experimental filmmaker was established. With HOUSE WITHOUT STEPS (1978) awarded an American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Grant, and THE WINTER THERE WAS VERY LITTLE SNOW (1984) awarded a National Endowment of the Arts Individual Artist Grant, and LEAVING THE HARBOR (1991) recipient of a 1992 New England Film and Video Festival Outstanding Narrative award, Ungerer continued to create feature-lengh experimental narrative films. Then in 1992 he turned to video and computer technology to produce BIRDS - 2/93 (1993). This was followed by other short animated works: A WARM DAY COMES AFTER A COLD WINTER (1994), KINGSBURY BEACH (1999), and DON'T MIND THE MAN WITH THE CAMERA (2001). In 1997 Ungerer received a "Bessie" Award in recognition of his recent accomplishments in animation. Today Ungerer is a prominent figure in the avant garde/experimental scene.
