Bruce Baillie (1931–2020)

Filmmaker Bruce Baillie, 88, died April 10. He was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, served in the Navy during the Korean War, studied art at the University of Minnesota and the University of California at Berkeley, and went on to the London School of Film Technique. He became known in the mid-1960s for his lyrical landscape films, one of which, Castro Street, was selected for the National Film Registry in 1992. Baillie taught film at Bard from 1974 to 1977. He is survived by his wife, Lorie Apit, and their two children, Wind and Keith.

Post Date: 04-10-2020