How Many Birth of a Nation (1997) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: Birth of a Nation
Released: 1997
Cast: Chantal Akerman, Kenneth Anger, Michel Auder, Bruce Baillie, Robert Beavers

Birth of a Nation (1997) featured a cast of 60 tracked actors. Of these, 7 (13%) are still alive today and 47 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Peter Kubelka, age 92. This film starred Chantal Akerman and Kenneth Anger.

13% still with us· verified cast12% of full cast · incl. 6 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 13% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 74.5 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast60 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1997 ▲▼
Chantal Akerman Self	Self	Deceased	06/06/1950	65	05/10/2015	47
Kenneth Anger Self	Self	Deceased	03/02/1927	96	11/05/2023	70
Michel Auder Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Bruce Baillie Self	Self	Deceased	24/09/1931	88	10/04/2020	66
Robert Beavers Self	Self	Living	01/01/1949	77	—	48
Jane Wodening Self	Self	Deceased	—	—	17/11/2023	—
Stan Brakhage Self	Self	Deceased	14/01/1933	70	09/03/2003	64
Robert Breer Self	Self	Deceased	30/09/1926	84	11/08/2011	71
James Broughton Self	Self	Deceased	10/11/1913	85	07/05/1999	84
L.M. Kit Carson Self	Self	Deceased	12/08/1941	73	20/10/2014	56
Tom Chomont Self	Self	Deceased	01/01/1942	68	28/06/2010	55
Shirley Clarke Self	Self	Deceased	02/10/1919	77	23/09/1997	78
Bruce Conner Self	Self	Deceased	18/11/1933	74	07/07/2008	64
Tony Conrad Self	Self	Deceased	03/07/1940	75	09/04/2016	57
Storm De Hirsch Self	Self	Deceased	01/01/1922	78	01/01/2000	75
Stephen Dwoskin Self	Self	Deceased	15/01/1939	73	28/06/2012	58
Claudine Eizykman Self	Self	Deceased	22/04/1945	73	22/06/2018	52
Morris Engel Self	Self	Deceased	18/04/1918	86	05/03/2005	79
Valie Export Self	Self	Deceased	17/05/1940	85	14/05/2026	57
Guy Fihman Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Allen Ginsberg Self	Self	Deceased	03/06/1926	70	05/04/1997	71
Fred Halsted Self	Self	Deceased	17/07/1941	47	09/05/1989	56
Birgit Hein Self	Self	Deceased	06/08/1942	80	23/02/2023	55
Piero Heliczer Self	Self	Deceased	20/06/1937	56	22/07/1993	60
Jerome Hill Self	Self	Deceased	02/03/1905	67	21/11/1972	92
Jean Houston Self	Self	Deceased	10/05/1937	89	—	60
Takahiko Iimura Self	Self	Deceased	20/02/1937	85	31/07/2022	60
Ken Jacobs Self	Self	Deceased	25/05/1933	92	05/10/2025	64
Anna Karina Self	Self	Deceased	22/09/1940	79	14/12/2019	57
Kurt Kren Self	Self	Deceased	20/09/1929	68	23/06/1998	68
Peter Kubelka Self	Self	Living	23/03/1934	92	—	63
Malcolm Le Grice Self	Self	Deceased	15/05/1940	84	03/12/2024	57
Jacques Ledoux Self	Self	Deceased	21/07/1921	66	06/06/1988	76
Gregory J. Markopoulos Self	Self	Deceased	12/03/1928	64	12/11/1992	69
Jim McBride Self	Self	Living	16/09/1941	85	—	56
Taylor Mead Self	Self	Deceased	31/12/1924	88	08/05/2013	73
Adolfas Mekas Self	Self	Deceased	30/09/1925	85	31/05/2011	72
Oona Mekas Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Hermann Nitsch Self	Self	Deceased	29/08/1938	83	18/04/2022	59
Sheldon Renan Self	Self	Living	01/01/1941	85	—	56
Leni Riefenstahl Self	Self	Deceased	22/08/1902	101	08/09/2003	95
Roberto Rossellini Self	Self	Deceased	08/05/1906	71	03/06/1977	91
Barbara Rubin Self	Self	Deceased	08/06/1945	34	01/01/1980	52
Carolee Schneemann Self	Self	Deceased	12/10/1939	79	06/03/2019	58
Paul Sharits Self	Self	Deceased	07/02/1943	50	08/07/1993	54
P. Adams Sitney Self	Self	Deceased	09/08/1944	80	08/06/2025	53
Harry Smith Self	Self	Deceased	29/05/1923	68	27/11/1991	74
Jack Smith Self	Self	Deceased	14/11/1932	56	25/09/1989	65
Michael Snow Self	Self	Deceased	10/12/1929	93	05/01/2023	68
Cecile Starr Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Bhob Stewart Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Amy Taubin Self	Self	Living	10/09/1939	87	—	58
Leslie Trumbull Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Willard Van Dyke Self	Self	Deceased	05/12/1906	79	23/01/1986	91
Viva Self	Self	Living	23/08/1938	88	—	59
Rosa von Praunheim Self	Self	Deceased	25/11/1942	83	17/12/2025	55
Andy Warhol Self	Self	Deceased	06/08/1928	58	22/02/1987	69
Larry Gottheim Self	Self	Living	03/12/1936	89	—	61
Andrew Noren		Deceased	01/01/1943	72	02/05/2015	54
Ed Emshwiller		Deceased	16/02/1925	65	27/07/1990	72