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Hilary Harris

Summary

Hilary Tjader Harris (December 9, 1929 – October 26, 1999) was a documentary filmmaker, one of the pioneers of time-lapse photography. The documentary, Seawards the Great Ships, directed by Harris, won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1962.[1][2] The Squeeze (1964), a short experimental film about overpopulation won a Golden Gate Award for best fiction at the San Francisco Film Festival in 1964. [3]

Filmography edit

  • Longhorn (1951)
  • Generation (1956)
  • Highway (1958)
  • Polaris Action 1960
  • Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
  • The Dialogues of Archibald Macleish and Mark Van Doren (1962)
  • The Walk (1962)
  • The Farmer and I (1963)
  • Seas of Sweet Water (1964)
  • The Squeeze (1964)
  • The Draft Card Burners (circa 1965)
  • Patterns for Communication (1966)
  • 9 Variations on a Dance Theme (1966)
  • The Nuer (1970)
  • Organism (1975)
  • Technology in Public Service (1976)
  • South Street Seaport (1976)

Notes edit

A DVD, titled The Films of Hilary Harris, was released by Mystic Fire Video in 2006. The four films on the DVD are Organism, 9 Variations, Highway and Longhorn. The DVD also includes an interview with Harris, which contains the short films Generation and Highway.

References edit

  1. ^ "Hilary Harris". Variety. 2000-01-05. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  2. ^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org.
  3. ^ Olszynko-Gryn, Jesse; Ellis, Patrick (2018). "Malthus at the Movies: Science, Cinema, and Activism around Z.P.G. and Soylent Green". Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. 58 (1): 47–69. doi:10.2307/26608643. ISSN 2578-4900.

External links edit

  • Hilary Harris at IMDb