Jane Wodening

Jane Wodening

Actor · Director

Chicago, Illinois

Biography

Jane Wodening (born Mary Jane Collom, and formerly known as Jane Brakhage) is an American writer and the first wife of filmmaker Stan Brakhage. The birth of their first child is the subject of the 1959 experimental short film Window Water Baby Moving. Wodening married Stan Brakhage in 1957 and is credited with creating scrapbooks for the Brakhage family during what is recognized as the filmmaker's most significant period of creation from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. The couple separated in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Wodening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Jane, Looking
2020Nominee

Best Performance

Jane, Looking

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968Nominee

Best Performance

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000Winner

Best Performance

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Career Highlights

Window Water Baby Moving
1959Highlight

Best Performance

Window Water Baby Moving

Birth of a Nation
1997Highlight

Best Performance

Birth of a Nation

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