J.G. Ballard

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Nov 15, 1930 (94 years old)
Death date
Apr 19, 2009

J.G. Ballard

Known For

Hyperstition
1h 40m
Movie 2015

Hyperstition

A film on time and narrative by Christopher Roth with Armen Avanessian. Hyperstitional thinking hijacks the present-forming daring interventions into conditions of cybernetic governance that foreclose contingency.

New Nightmares
TV Show 1993

New Nightmares

About visions of the future drawing on the work of leading writers of science fiction and leading experts in science fact.

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
0h 10m
Movie 1990

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

A film essay on Ballard's fiction, and its unrealised cinematic potential, with particular reference to David Cronenberg's (yet to be filmed) Crash, featuring an interview with the director, prior to making of his film.

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
0h 49m
Movie 1987

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun

Biography

James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Born in an international settlement in Shanghai to British parents before his family emigrated to the UK, Ballard began writing in the 1950s, becoming associated with the New Wave of science fiction with post-apocalyptic novels such as The Wind from Nowhere and The Drowned World. (Wikipedia)

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