2012Nominee
Best Performance
Keep the Lights On
James Bidgood
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
March 28, 1933
Biography
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.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1971Nominee
Best Picture
Pink Narcissus
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
Career Highlights
2020Highlight
Best Performance
P.S. Burn This Letter Please
1999Highlight
Best Performance
The Queer Reveries of James Bidgood
Video
Keep the Lights On
Pink Narcissus
Ten More Good Years