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Kevin B. Lee

Born October 1, 1975 · United States of America (age 51)

Kevin B. Lee (1975, USA) is a filmmaker, media artist, and critic. He has produced over 360 video essays exploring film and media. His award-winning "Transformers: The Premake" introduced the “desktop documentary” format, was named one of the best documentaries of 2014 by Sight & Sound and screened in many festivals including Berlin Critics Week, Rotterdam International Film Festival and Viennale…

Known For

Our FocusOur Focus · 2021
Our Focus
2021
MovieDocumentary
Video essay on the work of Jia Zhangke by Kevin B. Lee, specially commissioned by Eye Filmmuseum and IFFR as a response to the installation Close-Up.
AfterlivesAfterlives · 2025
Afterlives
★ 6.52025
MovieDocumentary
Through desktop documentary and forensics, this work explores how images of Medusa of Hatra, ISIS propaganda, and digital archives influence reality and memory while examining violence and witness.
#movieofmylife#movieofmylife · 2017
#movieofmylife
2017
MovieDocumentary
Premiered at the 2017 Locarno International Film Festival.
Once Upon a Screen, Explosive ParadoxOnce Upon a Screen, Explosive Paradox · 2020
Once Upon a Screen, Explosive Paradox
2020
MovieDocumentary
‘Kevin’s piece on his childhood experiences with the film Platoon are an example of the very power of cinema to shape our relationship with the world, and the world’s relationship with us … an experience of childhood trauma so visceral, that I haven’t just gained new insight on the war epic itself.’ (Cidnii Wilde Harris)
Harun Farocki: The Counter-ImageHarun Farocki: The Counter-Image · 2020
Harun Farocki: The Counter-Image
2020
Movie
This desktop investigation asks: how can one begin to learn about Farocki? Starting with a naive search for his name online, this film scans over his body of work and asks how one should begin to watch it. By using different methods to make sense of Farocki's images, a key concept emerges: the counter-image.
What I Learned at the Harun Farocki ResidencyWhat I Learned at the Harun Farocki Residency · 2017
What I Learned at the Harun Farocki Residency
2017
MovieDocumentary
In this video I share my experience as the first Resident of the Harun Farocki Institut in Berlin during the winter of 2016-2017. Produced for the Goethe Institute.
The Making of Transformers the PremakeThe Making of Transformers the Premake · 2020
The Making of Transformers the Premake
2020
MovieDocumentary
The mind process behind the film, Transformers the Premake, explained by Kevin B Lee himself.
Harun Farocki: LexiconHarun Farocki: Lexicon · 2020
Harun Farocki: Lexicon
2020
Movie
Five decades of Harun Farocki's film and video material are transformed into an audiovisual vocabulary, teaching key Farockian concepts from A to Z. This video essay takes inspiration from Farocki's lifelong fascination with the teaching functions of film and media. Commissioned by the Goethe-Institut, a leading German-language educator in the world.

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