Billy Name
William George Linich, known professionally as Billy Name, was an American photographer, filmmaker, and lighting designer. He was the archivist of The Factory from 1964 to 1970.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.461 |
| Birthday | 1940-02-02 |
| Place of Birth | Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Also Known As | William George Linich, |
2006
Notes on Marie Menken
5.4/5
A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.
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Notes on Marie Menken
1964
Haircut
0/0
Shot in slow motion, with tiny bits of stagy lighting that seem to crumble and flake like cookies, Billy Name gives one of his notorious haircuts--and...
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Haircut
1966
Lupe
0/0
Mexican actress Lupe Vélez's final hours as she overdoses on Seconal.
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Lupe
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.6/7
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's perform...
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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
1966
The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound
6.5/11
The film depicts a rehearsal of The Velvet Underground including Nico, and is essentially one long loose improvisation.
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The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound
2007
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
5.8/4
Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams, Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right, offers a exploration of t...
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A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
1965
Harlot
0/0
Jean Harlow-lookalike Harlot (Mario Montez), Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, and Carol Koshinskie (with a cat) sit in a room eating bananas as the off-s...
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Harlot
2009
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
0/0
Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, from Warhol s...
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13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Screen Test [ST194]: Billy Linich
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One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Linich. Runs 4 minutes, 30 seconds in length.
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Screen Test [ST194]: Billy Linich
1964
Screen Test, Billy Linich
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One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Linich. Runs 4 minutes, 24 seconds in length.
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Screen Test, Billy Linich
1964
Couch
6.2/5
The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch, visitors to the Factory were invited to "perform...
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Couch
1967
Superartist
0/0
Documentarians Juan Drago and Bruce Torbet follow a surprisingly relaxed and open Andy Warhol, at the peak of his powers in 1965 and 1966, around his...
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Superartist
1964
Screen Test: Billy Name
5/1
Billy Name screen test by Andy Warhol.
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Screen Test: Billy Name
1964
Batman Dracula
4.1/8
Batman Dracula is a 1964 black and white American film produced and directed by Andy Warhol, without the permission of DC Comics. The film was screene...
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Batman Dracula
1987
Andy Warhol
5.7/3
The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips fr...
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Andy Warhol
2001
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
0/0
Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (who also coined the immortal catchphrase "In the future, everyone will be famous...
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Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
1989
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
0/0
Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in coll...
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Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
1967
Four Stars
2/1
Photographed entirely in color, Four Stars was projected in its complete length of nearly 25 hours (allowing for projection overlap of the 35-minute r...
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Four Stars
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
8/3
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, a...
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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1995
Nico Icon
7.2/9
A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to glamorous diva o...
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Nico Icon
1998
John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
0/0
Follows John Cale, a Welsh musician and producer, who founded the legendary 60s and 70s NY rock band - the Velvet Underground, with Lou Reed. Cale del...
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John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
2021
The Velvet Underground
6.859/96
Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes...
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The Velvet Underground
1964
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
0/0
Inspired by a 1962 NYPD pamphlet entitled ‘The Thirteen Most Wanted [Men]’. Warhol transformed it from ‘most wanted men’ into ‘most beautiful boys’, a...
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The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
0/0
The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful career trajectory as a ground breaking female perfo...
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