Jerome Hill
Directing
- Born
- March 2, 1905 · St. Paul, Minnesota
- Died
- November 21, 1972 (age 67)
Jerome Hill (March 2, 1905 – November 21, 1972) was an American filmmaker and artist. He was educated at Yale, where he drew covers, caricatures and cartoons for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.
His 1950 documentary Grandma Moses, written and narrated by Archibald MacLeish, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel. He won the 1957 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film Albert Schweitzer.
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In addition to making films, he was a painter and composer.
His last film, the autobiographical Film Portrait (1973), was added to the National Film Registry in 2003.
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Known for
La cartomancienne
April 17, 1932
Death in the Forenoon
August 2, 1966
The Canaries
January 1, 1969
Albert Schweitzer
November 22, 1957
Film Portrait
June 20, 1972
Grandma Moses
October 23, 1950
The Magic Umbrella
January 1, 1965
The Sand Castle
January 1, 1961
Open the Door and See all the People
March 25, 1964
Tom Jones
June 12, 1927
Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum
August 6, 1991
Cassis
December 31, 1950
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- 1991Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum Director, Music
- 1972Film Portrait Music, Editor, Director, Writer
- 1969Merry Christmas Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
- 1969The Canaries Director
- 1968The Artist's Friend Director
- 1966European Diaries Music
- 1966Death in the Forenoon Director
- 1965The Magic Umbrella Director, Writer
- 1965Schweitzer and Bach Director
- 1964Open the Door and See all the People