THE EXPERIMENTAL FILMS OF JON BEHRENS

For more than 25 years Jon Behrens has worked completely outside of the mainstream, He began to make films as a teenager in the late seventies, starting out  with his Grandfathers Wollensak  regular 8mm camera and then moving on to 16mm shortly there after. Since the age of 16 Behrens has made well over 100 films of various lengths and subject matters  and approaches, from documents of the early Seattle  punk rock scene to poetic film experiments in which the celluloid film stock itself has been manipulated. Over the years Jon has mastered the use of the optical printer. Behrens has screened his films in cities throughout the World Including the Seattle International Film Festival, The International Experimental Film Expo in Boulder Co, The Blinding Light Cinema in Vancouver BC, The Ann Arbor Film Festival and many many others.  Jon has been called one of the Northwest's most prolific filmmakers. In addition to filmmaking  Behrens has taught workshops and classes on experimental film at Northwest Film Forum and the AFLN and also taught workshops on optical printing, direct animation techniques and hand processing of motion picture films.  Jon Behrens lives and works in Seattle