Conklin worked predominantly in the
documentary genre. His films focussed on cultural icons of the 20th century. Subjects included the late American writer and composer
Paul Bowles, in
Paul Bowles in Morocco, which is as much about the North African country as it is about Bowles;
Gore Vidal while running for
U.S. Senate in 1982; the American painter
Edward Ruscha, and the
Mexican painter
Rufino Tamayo. Conklin produced and directed
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture. The film features interviews with
Christopher Isherwood,
Louise Brooks, and
Arthur Koestler, among others, discussing the culturally significant period of the 1920s in
Berlin, during the
Weimar Republic. He also has produced and directed a documentary about
English literary society during the period after
World War I until
World War II, which includes
Stephen Spender,
Anthony Powell,
Harold Acton,
James Lees-Milne,
Peter Quennell,
Christopher Isherwood, and
Diana Mosley. Conklin also made
Notes from Under the Volcano about
John Huston's making of the film
Under the Volcano. Conklin died on December 26, 2024, at the age of 92. == Filmography ==