Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including Shoot (1971), where he arranged for a friend to shoot him in the arm with a small-caliber rifle. A prolific artist, Burden created many well-known installations, public artworks and sculptures before his death in 2015.

Filmography

• 2014Metropolis II
• 2000The TV Commercials 1973–1977 — Himself, Director, Original Concept
• 1980Big Wrench — Director
• 1975Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74 — Self, Director
• 1974Back to You — Director
• 1974Velvet Water — Himself, Director
• 1973B.C. Mexico — Director
• 1973Fire Roll — Director
• 1973Icarus — Director
• 1973TV Ad — Director
• 1973Through the Night Softly — Director
• 1972Bed Piece — Director
• 1972Deadman — Director
• 1971220 — Director
• 1971Shoot — Director

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2016Burden — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Here Is Always Somewhere Else — Himself
• 1988A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum — Himself
• 1980The Big Wheel — Self