William Raban Movies

With the threat of nuclear conflict between North Korea and America comes the realization that the blast effects of a nuclear strike would be...

This film documents the transformation of a derelict fire station into studio and living spaces for artists. The opening of the restored building is...

Whilst working on previous time-lapse films, I found that colour film tended to record the actual colour of the light source rather than local colour...

Documentary about architectural structures in the UK.

Shot from the 21st floor of the iconic Balfron Tower, the film takes in the city of London below. Filmed mostly in time-lapse with the camera...

"Like all the works I have done which refer directly to another artist, After Lumière… is not directly 'about' the Lumière...

“This film is the starting point of a continuous investigation into ways of presenting cubist space in terms of the flat surface of the film...

Raban layers recordings of successive film performances in which he stands before a projection, states the date and time, and says "A camera is...

“The film image is a row of boarded-up town houses pending demolition. Two cameras film in alternation this derelict facade from two changing...

“The film is in three parts, each one exploring the fragmentary experience of perception by resorting to various forms of temporal and spatial...

The paradox of the present as a time that cannot be reflected upon until it has already become past, seems consistent with the idea of thinking about...

Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is simultaneously perceived from four different camera positions in a work which engages with the pro-filmic in...

72-82 tells the story of the first ten years of Acme Studios and their ground breaking work providing artists' housing and studios in London. It also...

A documentary/art film inspired by the Charles Dickens essay "Night Walks."