Stan Vanderbeek

Stan Vanderbeek in front of his Movie Drome theater at Stony Point, New York

Stan Vanderbeek (also VanDerBeek; January 6, 1927, New York City – September 19, 1984, Baltimore) was an American independent animator, experimental filmmaker, and art theoretician known for his collage works and his early use of the digital computer as a creative medium. His Movie Drome theater was a grain silo dome or geodesic dome where he showed 16mm films mixed with 35mm slides, video and digital animations.