Biography
Bob Cowan, also known as Robert Cowan, was a part of the New York underground film scene of the ’60s where he worked largely as an actor. He also served on the board of the Filmmakers’ Coop.
Movie Credits
Seadrift
1976-01-01
Seadrift is based on a story The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft, and was shot partially in
The Craven Sluck
1967-12-21
A desperate, married woman meets a mysterious man who she blatantly desires. Through some twists and
Sins of the Fleshapoids
1965-01-04
One million years in the future, the human survivors of a nuclear war are served by robots called "f
The Sky Socialist
1968-08-31
Ken Jacobs’s most elusive and mysterious film is at once an allegory of movie-making, a demonstratio
Secks
1970-09-26
"...in a film abounding with humor and fertile with suggested points of departure for at least half
Born of the Wind
1964-03-04
A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.
The Eye Creatures
1967-10-20
A teenager and his girlfriend must save the world from "eye" aliens after their attempts to convince
Color Me Shameless
1967-12-29
Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well an
Lust for Ecstasy
1964-03-04
“LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scen
The Slasher
1958-01-01
An insane, deformed killer stalks the grounds of a resort house, bringing sudden violence to those o
Night of the Bomb
1962-01-01
The film combines teenage lust and deranged delinquency to create a cautionary tale for the ages.
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974-11-05
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
1961-01-01
“It glows with the embers of desire! It smokes with the revelation of men and women longing for robu
The Secret of Wendel Samson
1966-07-01
A young man's struggle with his sexuality overtakes his life, driving him deep into his subconscious
Pagan Rhapsody
1970-02-28
Edgar, an aristocrat, commissions Camillo to write a play based on an affair he had ten years ago wi
Portrait of Ramona
1971-01-01
This movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the evenings w
Monster Invaders from Space
2018-08-30
Monsters from space attack earth, two scientists and a couple of teenagers try to stop the extraterr
Mosholu Holiday
1967-02-10
A special guest appearance by Canadian TV star Bill Ronald along with the massive presence of "Mrs.
Chronicles
1969-01-01
Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968-01-01
" ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BLESSED culminates my involvement with artist Red Grooms and Mimi Gross. It i
Magicman
1975-01-01
A ritualistic mood piece with colour-rich images
Green Desire
1966-01-01
A youth wanders the landscape of grass and sky in search of puzzling impulses.
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
2004-11-30
Mungo Baobab and his droids, Threepio and Artoo, are trailing the Rainbow comets of Manda in search