Bruce Baillie

His father, E. Kenneth Baillie, was a sculptor who taught at Northern State Teachers College.

[1] Baillie moved to Canyon, California in 1960, working as a longshoreman and making short films.

Chick Strand and Ernest Callenbach became involved with the exhibition program, known as Canyon Cinema, and eventually they began holding screenings around the Bay Area.

[2] Also, in 1961, Baillie, along with friend and fellow cinematic artist Chick Strand, founded San Francisco Cinematheque.

[3] His body of cinematic work includes Quick Billy, To Parsifal, Mass for the Dakota Sioux, Castro Street, All My Life, Valentin de las Sierras, and Tung.