
Peggy Ahwesh
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
Peggy Ahwesh (b. 1954 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. A bricoleur who has created both narrative works and documentaries, some projects are scripted and others incorporate improvised performance. She makes use of sync sound, found footage, digital animation, and Pixelvision video. Her work is primarily an investigation of cultural identity and the role of the subject in various genres. Her interests include genre; women, sexuality and feminism; reenactment; and artists' books. Her works have been shown worldwide, including in San Francisco, New York, Barcelona, London, Toronto, Rotterdam, and Créteil, France. Starting in 1990, she has taught at Bard College as a Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Her teaching interests include: experimental media, history of the non-fiction film, and women in film.
Known for
Credits

The Color of Love (1994)
Director
Nocturne (1998)
Director

Strange Weather (1993)
Director

The Scary Movie (1993)
Director
Para-Normal Intelligence (1983)
Director

Curve the Night Sky (2021)
Director

Wadena (2012)
Director

73 Suspect Words (2000)
Director

The Ape of Nature (—)
Director

OR119 (2023)
Director
Ode to the New Prehistory (—)
Director

Beirut Outtakes (2007)
Director
The Fragments Project (1995)
Director
Notes From the Lower East Side (2012)
Director
From Romance to Ritual (1985)
Director

Philosophy in the Bedroom (1993)
Director

Bethlehem (2009)
Director

The Star Eaters (2004)
Director

The Summer Triangle (2023)
Director
Lessons of War (2015)
Director

EROS BDAY MUSH.mov (2022)
Director

The Falling Sky (2018)
Director

Qalandia (2025)
Director

OR119 Outtakes at the Cloudbuster (2023)
Director
Alluvium (2015)
Director

The Wayfinders (2025)
Director

Doppelganger (1987)
Director

The Deadman (1989)
Director

H.D. (2005)
Director
The Blackest Sea (2016)
Director
Omedium (2006)
Director
Le Cyrk Wedding (1980)
Director

Certain Women (2004)
Director
She Puppet (2001)
Director

Kansas Atlas (2019)
Director

Heaven's Gate (2001)
Director
My Cat gets an Aura Reading (2011)
Director
Trick Film (1996)
Director

Border Control (2019)
Director

the (We) Fallen (2025)
Director
Martina's Playhouse (1986)
Director
Kissing Point (2014)
Director

The Vision Machine (1997)
Director

Dubai Fountain (—)
Director

Lies and Excess (1998)
Director
The Third Body (2007)
Director

Warm Objects (2007)
Director

Re: The Operation (2019)
Director
the Night Sky Trilogy (2026)
Director
Nostalgia for Paradise (1983)
Director




