Peggy Ahwesh
Biography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
The Wayfinders
Director (Directing)
2025
Qalandia
Director (Directing)
2025
the (We) Fallen
Director (Directing)
2025
OR119
Director (Directing)
2023
OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster
Director (Directing)
2023
The Summer Triangle
Director (Directing)
2023
EROS BDAY MUSH.mov
Director (Directing)
2022
Curve the Night Sky
Director (Directing)
2021
Kansas Atlas
Director (Directing)
2019
Border Control
Director (Directing)
2019
Re: The Operation
Director (Directing)
2019
The Falling Sky
Director (Directing)
2018
The Blackest Sea
Director (Directing)
2016
The Making of a Superhero Musical
as Brina's Mom
2015
Lessons of War
Director (Directing)
2015
Alluvium
Director (Directing)
2015
Kissing Point
Director (Directing)
2014
Wadena
Director (Directing)
2012
Notes From the Lower East Side
Director (Directing)
2012
My Cat gets an Aura Reading
Director (Directing)
2011
Bethlehem
Director (Directing)
2009
Deliver
as Lou
2008
365 Day Project
2007
The Third Body
Director (Directing)
2007
Beirut Outtakes
Director (Directing)
2007
Warm Objects
Director (Directing)
2007
Observando el cielo
Sound Designer (Sound)
2007
Omedium
Director (Directing)
2006
Eclipse
Sound Recordist (Crew)
2005
H.D.
Director (Directing)
2005
Certain Women
Director (Directing)
2004
The Star Eaters
Director (Directing)
2004
She Puppet
Editor (Editing)
2001
Heaven's Gate
Director (Directing)
2001
73 Suspect Words
Director (Directing)
2000
Nocturne
Director (Directing)
1998
Lies and Excess
Director (Directing)
1998
The Vision Machine
Director (Directing)
1997
Trick Film
Director (Directing)
1996
The Second Coming
Cinematography (Crew)
1995
The Fragments Project
Director (Directing)
1995
The Color of Love
Director (Directing)
1994
The Genius
Additional Lighting Technician (Lighting)
1993
Philosophy in the Bedroom
Director (Directing)
1993
The Scary Movie
as Camera Action
1993
Strange Weather
Director (Directing)
1993
Age 12: Love with a Little L
1991
Fun Down There
Cinematography (Crew)
1989
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989
The Deadman
Director (Directing)
1989