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The Velvet Underground Trailer13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests TrailerA Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory Trailer

William George Linich, known professionally as Billy Name, was an American photographer, filmmaker, and lighting designer. He was the archivist of The Factory from 1964 to 1970.

Most Popular Billy Name Trailers

Total trailers found: 25

Andy Warhol Screen Tests Trailer (1965)

28 November 1965

The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film at 24 frames per second.

Four Stars Trailer (1967)

15 December 1967

Photographed entirely in color, Four Stars was projected in its complete length of nearly 25 hours (allowing for projection overlap of the 35-minute reels) only once, at the Film-Makers' Cinematheque in New York City.

Andy Warhol Trailer (1987)

09 June 1987

The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends.

John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music Trailer (1998)

18 December 1998

Follows John Cale, a Welsh musician and producer, who founded the legendary 60s and 70s NY rock band - the Velvet Underground, with Lou Reed.

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis Trailer (2007)

11 April 2007

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist.

Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in collaboration with Simon Field.

A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory Trailer (2007)

19 September 2007

Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams, Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right, offers a exploration of the Factory era, an homage to Williams's talent, a journey of family discovery and a compelling inquiry into Williams's mysterious disappearance at age 27.

Notes on Marie Menken Trailer (2006)

20 April 2006

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound Trailer (1966)

08 February 1966

The film depicts a rehearsal of The Velvet Underground including Nico, and is essentially one long loose improvisation.

Lupe Trailer (1966)

08 February 1966

Mexican actress Lupe Vélez's final hours as she overdoses on Seconal.

Couch Trailer (1964)

01 July 1964

The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch, visitors to the Factory were invited to "perform" on camera, seated on the old couch.

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture Trailer (2001)

27 January 2001

Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (who also coined the immortal catchphrase "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"), gets the definitive treatment.

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests Trailer (2009)

07 April 2009

Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, from Warhol superstars and celebrities to friends or anyone he thought had "star potential".

Harlot Trailer (1965)

11 January 1965

Jean Harlow-lookalike Harlot (Mario Montez), Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, and Carol Koshinskie (with a cat) sit in a room eating bananas as the off-screen voices of Billy Name, Ronald Tavel, and Harry Fainlight discuss various topics.

The Velvet Underground Trailer (2021)

15 October 2021

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

Screen Test, Billy Linich Trailer (1964)

09 June 1964

One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Linich. Runs 4 minutes, 24 seconds in length.

Screen Test: Billy Name Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Billy Name screen test by Andy Warhol.

Chelsea Girls Trailer (1966)

01 September 1966

Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's mammoth film follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City.

Superartist Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

Documentarians Juan Drago and Bruce Torbet follow a surprisingly relaxed and open Andy Warhol, at the peak of his powers in 1965 and 1966, around his bustling original "Factory" in midtown Manhattan.

Nico Icon Trailer (1995)

08 September 1995

A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to glamorous diva of the Velvet Underground, to cult item, junkie and hag.

Haircut Trailer (1964)

14 March 1964

Shot in slow motion, with tiny bits of stagy lighting that seem to crumble and flake like cookies, Billy Name gives one of his notorious haircuts--and Warhol turns it into a homoerotic performance, a dance of adoration and control, a triangle of looking and keeping-at-bay, that is a slightly dullish but finally essential contribution to Warhol's long project of bringing portraiture technologies to moviemaking.

The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys Trailer (1964)

20 November 1964

Inspired by a 1962 NYPD pamphlet entitled ‘The Thirteen Most Wanted [Men]’. Warhol transformed it from ‘most wanted men’ into ‘most beautiful boys’, and then began to film the very first Screen Tests, continuing to film for the series into early 1966, totalling more than 13 Screen Tests.

Batman Dracula Trailer (1964)

01 July 1964

Batman Dracula is a 1964 black and white American film produced and directed by Andy Warhol, without the permission of DC Comics.

Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol Trailer (2005)

25 November 2005

Icon of pop art, Andy Warhol has marked the 20th century. This film pays tribute to him with the exceptional participation of Ultraviolet, never-before-seen images of the "private" Warhol and archival documents from the Velvet Underground, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Truman Capote.

Screen Test [ST194]: Billy Linich Trailer (1964)

11 May 1964

One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Linich. Runs 4 minutes, 30 seconds in length.