Peter von Ziegesar Movies

An exploration of the consummate American coming-of-age ritual as it is observed in middle America.

This is a diary film shot at the same time as my edited sound film, Alaska. The film reflects my awe as I accompanied my sister, Olga, a marine...

A History of Dancing visually follows the transmigration of the soul after death, going through several states before reaching a final destination...

A film school assignment supposed to demonstrate a circular and repeatable action.

This film juxtaposes extreme close-up film of the activity of ants in the tunnels of an ant farm with a narration by a middle-aged, middle-American...

"Made at the same time as Koyaanisqatsi, Concern for the City is a very different film. I feel that the sense of place which emerges from the film,...

A short documentary by Hali Lee and Peter von Ziegesar.

My only scripted dramatic film using actors, heavily influenced by Andy Warhol’s Chelsea Girls, though nowhere near as obscene. A fairly...

Daily life in an alien city. This is an early diary film trying to formalize my sojourn in cold, naked Chicago in four chapters, presented as four 78...