William Moritz's principal published works concerned abstract filmmaker and painter Oskar Fischinger.
10 Facts About William Moritz
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William Moritz wrote extensively on other visual music artists who worked with motion pictures, including James and John Whitney and Jordan Belson; Moritz published on German cinema, Visual Music, color organs, experimental animation, avant-garde film and the California School of Color Music.
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William Moritz developed his interest in the work of Oskar Fischinger while a student at USC in 1958.
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In 1969, William Moritz had begun his decades-long study, aided by Fischinger's widow Elfriede, finally culminating in the major biographical work Optical Poetry: The Life and Work of Oskar Fischinger.
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William Moritz had a long career as teacher and researcher of film and the humanities.
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William Moritz taught humanities and film history, and in the course of his career worked at a wide variety of institutions: Occidental College, the Otis Art Institute, Pitzer College, UCLA, USC, the American University Center.
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William Moritz worked at the Creative Film Society, and at radio station KPFK, as a film and music critic.
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William Moritz was involved in film preservation, for which he received an award from Anthology Film Archives.
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William Moritz was himself a filmmaker, making 34 experimental films during his lifetime.
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William Moritz was a published poet, and two of his plays were produced.