Eric Marciano(1959-2022)
- Editor
- Director
- Producer
Eric Marciano is a New York based filmmaker, media designer and storyteller. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he earned a BFA in filmmaking in 1984. SVA emphasized experimentation, and it was there that Eric learned to love the creativity of editing. In 1984 he formed American Montage to engage in editing, motion picture production and storytelling to its fullest. For 30 years his production company, American Montage, has successfully completed projects for such media outlets as HBO, Discovery, ESPN, A&E, TLC, PBS, the New York Times and numerous Internet destinations. He frequently works with musicians, visual artists, performers and theater companies such as
Galt MacDermot, James Moody, LeRoy Neiman, Fanny Sanin, Gilles Peress, Eugene Richards, Karen Finley, The Blind Boys of Alabama, LaMaMa ETC, New York Theater Workshop, Noche Flamenca and Mabou Mines/Lee Breuer to create films and media related to their work and lives. His body of work includes documentaries, multi-media works, corporate events, narrative films, web sites, commercials, music videos, video walls, theatre video design, documentation, video essays, museum installations and public relations media. His narrative films "The Age of Insects" and "Narrowcast" have become cult classics. He has made numerous award-winning health and wellness based films on such subjects as eating disorders, body image and self-esteem, self-injury and bullying through his company Timely Television. In 2006 he launched the first video based web site based on grief and hospice in the world www.grievingcenter.org. The site was awarded the 2007 W3 Silver Design Award. In 2014 Mr. Marciano launched the first video based web site devoted to New York Off and Off -Off Broadway Theater. He is producing numerous projects with Lee Breuer, the legendary experimental theater director including a documentary on Clarence Fountain, the iconic founding front man for the Blind Boys of Alabama called "The Book of Clarence".
In 2017 as part of the Museum of Modern Art's Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983 exhibit and show MoMA screened and purchased five of his narrative films for their permanent collection - "The Age of Insects", "Narrowcast", "Spin Cycle", "Plain" and "The Jimmy Donahue Story". His latest film is the "Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of HAIR and Galt MacDermot" about the eclectic, soulful and unique composer.
