Kenneth Anger

Type: Person

As of November 2026, Kenneth Anger has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Oct 2025). In the episode of The Ezra Klein Show, Hussein recommends Kenneth Anger's "Hollywood Babylon," describing it as a comic relief and noting that Anger is underrated. This reference highlights Anger's role as an author of a controversial exposé on Hollywood.

Kenneth Anger was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and writer. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle". Anger's films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle". He has been called "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers", with several fi