A Christmas Carol 1940 8mm, black-and-white, silent; 5 minutes (18 frames per second) Based on the story by Charles Dickens.
Du sang, de la volupté et de la mort (Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death) 1947 - 48 A trilogy Dedicated to Carter H. Wolff, Jr.
Christmas U.S.A. (also known as Xmas-USA-1949) 1949 16mm film, black-and-white, silent; 8 minutes. Dedicated to Curtis Harrington.
Jackdaw 1950 16mm film, color and black-and-white, silent; 14 minutes. (Film does not exist in this form; footage may have been incorporated into Flowers of Asphalt.)
The Dead Ones 1949 35mm film (nitrate negative), black-and-white, silent; 28 minutes (unfinished). Dedicated to Jean Cocteau.
L’Arbre aux champignons (The Tree of Mushrooms) 1950 16mm film, black-and-white, silent (unfinished; original destroyed in the film lab) Filmed in Paris
Swain (previously known as Rain black, My Love) 1950 16mm film, color, sound; 24 minutes Made in collaboration with Robert C. Freeman, Jr. Inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel Fanshawe.
Flowers of Asphalt 1951 16mm film, black-and-white,silent; 7 minutes Suggested music to be played during film: "Concerto Grosso" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Eldora 1953 8mm film, color, siilent; 11 minutes Dedicated to Robert C. Freeman, Jr. for his birthday.
Serenity 1961 35mm film, color, sound; originally edited in two versions Version I, 70 minutes; Version II, 90 minutes
Twice a Man 1963 16mm, color, sound; 49 minutes Dedicated to Clara Hoover. Based on the story of Hippolytos.
Rushes for “The Illiac Passion” circa 1964 16mm film, color, silent; 12 minutes Preserved by Musuem of Modern Art, New York.
Test with masques for “The Illiac Passion” 1966. 16mm film, color, silent; 3 minutes. Temenos Archive, Zurich
Bliss 1967. 16mm film, color, sound; 6 minutes. Dedicated to Alice Burkhard. Filmed in the Church of St. John, Hydra, Greece. Temenos Archive, Zurich
The Illiac Passion 1964-67. 16mm film, color, sound; 92 minutes. Inspired by Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound.
Through a Lens Brightly : Mark Turbyfill 1967. 16mm film, color, sound; 15 minutes. Mark Turbyfill. Filmed in Chicago. Temenos Archive, Zurich.
The Divine Damnation (original title: The Damnation of Damien), edited in 1968, printed in 1972. 16mm film, color, sound; 57 minutes.
The Olympian 1969. 16mm film, color, silent; 23 minutes. Cast : Alberto Moravia. Filmed in Rome. Temenos Archive, Zurich.
Genius 1970. 16mm film, color, silent; 60 minutes. With Leonor Fini, David Hockney and Daniel Kahnweiler. Based upon the theme of Faust. filmed in Paris and London. Restored and printed by Temenos Archive, Zurich.
Hagiographia (first version) 1970. 16mm film, color, silent; 60 minutes. Filmed in Mistra, Greece. Preserved in Anthology Film Archives, New York.
Moment 1970. 16mm film, color, silent; 8 minutes. With Dame Barbara Hepworth. Filmed in London. Preserved in Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna.
Cimabue! Cimabue! 1971. 16mm film, color, silent, running time unknown. Edited but unprinted. With Annigoni, Umberto Baldini, Bertolini, Carlo Bettochi, Silvio Loffredo. Filmed in Florence. Orginal reversal film in Temenos Archive, Zurich.
Doldertal 7 1971. 16mm film, color, silent; 8 minutes. Edited but not printed. With Carola Gideon-Weckler. Filmed in Zurich. Original reversal film deposted in Temenos Archive, Zürich
Saint Acteon 1971. 16mm film, color, silent. 12 minutes. With Sir Harold Acton. Filmed in the gardens of the Villa La Pietra, Fiesole, Italy.
Hagiographia (second version), 1973. 16mm film, color, silent; 60 minutes. The entire film was rephotographed and edited but is unprinted. Filmed in Mistra, Greece.
Heracles 1973. 16mm film, color, silent; unknown length. Edited but unprinted. Filmed in the apartment of Alban Berg, Vienna.