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Ronald Chase

Born
Dec 29, 1934 · Aged 90
Died
Dec 20, 2025
Gender
Male
Movie credits
2
TV credits
0
Directing credits
17

Biography

Ronald Chase (born December 29, 1934) is an American artist, photographer, educator, independent film maker and opera designer. In 1963, Chase began making short experimental films with Fragments, written by Mary Lee Settle and filmed in the Hudson Valley. In 1964, he began experimenting with using film projections in theatre and dance performances. These experiments produced the films The Covenant, Chameleon and Clown, as well as Parade, a short documentary of the first Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade in San Francisco. Chase produced and directed two features in the 1970s. Bruges-La-Morte…