Adopted at the age of three weeks

Upon dropping out of Dartmouth, co-directed first film, "Interim" (25 mins)

Moved to San Francisco; then to Central City, CO where he made second film and directed for the stage at the Yellow Door Theater Company; then back to San Francisco where he made the no longer extant "The Boy and the Sea" (2 mins)

After acquiring own 16mm camera and editing equipment moved back to Colorado; made several films including "Desistfilm" (1954)

Moved to New York in the Fall; had first film screenings at Living Theater; received award from the Maya Deren Creative Film Foundation

Moved to Los Angeles (after brief stay in Denver)

Returned to Denver; began landmark film "Anticipation of the Night" (1958; 58 mins)

Began lecturing on film at Art Institute of Chicago

Appointed professor of film at University of Colorado