Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

Arthur J. Bressan Jr. (1943–1987) was an American filmmaker.

Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Born1943
DiedJuly 28, 1987
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilmmaker

Life

Although the bulk of his output was in the gay pornography genre, he wrote and directed Buddies. Released in 1985, Buddies was the first American feature film on the subject of the AIDS pandemic. Other films included Gay USA (1978), a documentary film about the burgeoning gay rights movement in America that came at a time when that movement was facing backlash from people such as Anita Bryant, and Abuse (1983), a dramatic film about a young, effeminate boy who seeks out an older gay man to escape his parents, who torture him in their home. Copies of Abuse and Buddies are held by the Hormel Center at the San Francisco Public Library as part of a collection donated by the Frameline Film Festival.[1]

Bressan died of an AIDS-related illness on July 28, 1987.[2]

Awards
  • 1984 Gay Producers Association Award, Best Director for Pleasure Beach (HIS Video).[3]

See also

Notes
  1. Majko, Matthew (2015-10-01), "Frameline film trove finds home at Hormel center", Bay Area Reporter, retrieved 2015-10-13
  2. Rutledge, p. 280
  3. Guyjoy, Wilder, editor-in-chief (November 1995). Adam Gay Video 1996 Directory. Los Angeles, California: Knight Publishing Corp.

References
  • Rutledge, Leigh (1992). The Gay Decades. New York, Penguin Books. ISBN 0-452-26810-9.
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