Bill Kirstein

Feb 28

Bill Kirstein is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer living and working in New York.

An accomplished narrative filmmaker with a background in music videos and commercials, his work with such internationally renowned artists such as Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Zoe Saldana, Pharrell, John Legend and Terrence Malick, reflects his uncanny ability to dispel preconceptions of iconic subjects and to portray instead the more unexpected.

He brings this spirit of discovery to all of his work; specializing in those moments where reality and fiction start to collide with surprising effect. His work has been exhibited all over the world including most recently at Berlinale, Atlanta Film Festival, the Whitney Museum and Art of the Real among many others.

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Common Structure

Amongst fragmentary recollections of friendship and the sublime, two friends explore changing priorities in a world that may quickly be slipping away. A film by Anne Hollowday and Bill Kirstein.

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A Friend at the End of the World: The Key to Common Structure

‘Common Structure’ was shot over the course of four days in the Catskills region, and all began with a “conversation about the sublime.” Both Anne and Bill “had a preoccupation with those moments where life feels so immersive, like time is somehow suspended and yet every detail is hyper magnified.