Person

James Bidgood

Directing · 1933–2022 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA

James Alan Bidgood was an American filmmaker, photographer, and visual and performance artist, known for his highly stylized and homoerotic works. In his photographs and films, he pays homage to the youthful male body via elaborate stagings of his romantically shimmering visions of a homoerotic paradise.

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  Keep the Lights On

  James Bidgood

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  Pink Narcissus

  Producer

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  Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus

  Self

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  P.S. Burn This Letter Please

  Himself

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  The Queer Reveries of James Bidgood

  Himself

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  Ten More Good Years

  Himself

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  Good Hot Stuff

  Director

• 2025Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink NarcissusSelf
• 2020P.S. Burn This Letter PleaseHimself
• 2012Keep the Lights OnJames Bidgood
• 2007Ten More Good YearsHimself
• 1999The Queer Reveries of James BidgoodHimself
• 1975Good Hot StuffDirector
• 1971Pink NarcissusProducer