Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927) is an American filmmaker, actor and author. He has been called "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers". His best known works were "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954), "Scorpio Rising" (1964), "Kustom Kar Kommandos" (1965), and the gossip book "Hollywood Babylon" (1965). 