Bill Etra
Biography
Bill Etra was born on 27 March 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a live video pioneer and the co-inventor (with Steve Rutt) of the Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer. He was a director and actor, known for Lady of the Lake (1974), Street Scenes (1970) and Super Vision (1976). He was married to Rozalyn Rouse. He died on 26 August 2016 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Self
A tortuous journey, in the company of the Spanish painter Salvador DalÃ, around the figure of the enigmatic and visionary French poet Raymond Roussel (1877-1933).
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Self
This is a documentary about video artists Bill & Louise Etra, Woody & Steina Vasulka, and Kit Fitzgerald & John Sanborn.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Reclined underneath a bedsheet, Louise Etra reads an excerpt from chapter 3 of Legman's "Oragenitalism: Oral Techniques of Gential Excitation". Visual effects done on the Rutt-Etra synthesizer.