Billy Name

Billy Name

Birthday: 1940-02-02

Place of Birth: Poughkeepsie, New York

Biography: William George Linich, known professionally as Billy Name, was an American photographer, filmmaker, and lighting designer. He was the archivist of The Factory from 1964 to 1970.

Movies

The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directe...

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The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

Inspired by a 1962 NYPD pamphlet entitled ‘The Thirteen Most Wanted [Men]’. Warhol transformed it fr...

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Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful c...

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Haircut
Haircut

Shot in slow motion, with tiny bits of stagy lighting that seem to crumble and flake like cookies, B...

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Lupe
Lupe

Mexican actress Lupe Vélez's final hours as she overdoses on Seconal....

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Notes on Marie Menken
Notes on Marie Menken

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken....

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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Sm...

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The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound
The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound

The film depicts a rehearsal of The Velvet Underground including Nico, and is essentially one long l...

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A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams, Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and fil...

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Harlot
Harlot

Jean Harlow-lookalike Harlot (Mario Montez), Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, and Carol Koshinskie (wit...

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13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits o...

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Screen Test [ST194]: Billy Linich
Screen Test [ST194]: Billy Linich

One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Linich. Runs 4 minutes, 30 seconds in length....

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Screen Test, Billy Linich
Screen Test, Billy Linich

One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Linich. Runs 4 minutes, 24 seconds in length....

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Couch
Couch

The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch...

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Superartist
Superartist

Documentarians Juan Drago and Bruce Torbet follow a surprisingly relaxed and open Andy Warhol, at th...

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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol

The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole...

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Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (who also coined the immortal c...

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Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Facto...

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Screen Test: Billy Name
Screen Test: Billy Name

Billy Name screen test by Andy Warhol....

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Batman Dracula
Batman Dracula

Batman Dracula is a 1964 black and white American film produced and directed by Andy Warhol, without...

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Four Stars
Four Stars

Photographed entirely in color, Four Stars was projected in its complete length of nearly 25 hours (...

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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Andy Warhol Screen Tests

The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were...

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Nico Icon
Nico Icon

A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to...

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John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music

Follows John Cale, a Welsh musician and producer, who founded the legendary 60s and 70s NY rock band...

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Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol
Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol

Icon of pop art, Andy Warhol has marked the 20th century. This film pays tribute to him with the exc...

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