Peter Hutton
Directing
- Born
- August 24, 1944 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- June 25, 2016 (age 71)
Peter Hutton (born 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) was an experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world. He also worked as a professional cinematographer, most notably for his former student Ken Burns. Hutton studied painting, sculpture and film at the San Francisco Art Institute. He taught filmmaking at CalArts, Hampshire College, Harvard University, SUNY Purchase, and Bard College, where he served as the director of the Film and Electronic Arts Program from 1989 to 2016. Hutton's films are distributed by Canyon Cinema in San Francisco. In May 2008 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a full retrospective of Hutton's films.
Known for
Born in Flames
April 1, 1983
Study of a River
April 27, 1997
At Sea
September 7, 2007
The Statue of Liberty
October 26, 1985
Landscape (for Manon)
January 1, 1987
Time and Tide
October 7, 2000
New York Portrait, Chapter I
January 1, 1979
New York Portrait, Chapter II
January 1, 1981
No Picnic
July 12, 1990
The Gates
February 26, 2008
In Titan's Goblet
January 1, 1991
Skagafjördur
October 1, 2004
Behind the camera32
- 2013Three Landscapes Director
- 2012The Poor Stockinger, The Luddite Cropper and The Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott Cinematography
- 2008The Gates Additional Camera
- 2007At Sea Director, Cinematography
- 2004Skagafjördur Director
- 2003Two Rivers Director
- 2001Looking at the Sea Director
- 2000Time and Tide Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1997Eerie Director of Photography
- 1997