Person
Jerome Hill
Directing · 1905–1972 · St. Paul, Minnesota
Biography
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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerome Hill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Lamp Unto My Feet
Director
Albert Schweitzer
Director
365 Day Project
Self
European Diaries
Music
Hallelujah the Hills
Convict I
La cartomancienne
Director
Cassis
Narrator / Jerome
Film Portrait
Himself
Open the Door and See all the People
Producer
Birth of a Nation
Self
Filmography
- 2007365 Day ProjectSelf
- 1997Birth of a NationSelf
- 1991Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis PhilosophorumHimself
- 1978Notes for JeromeSelf
- 1972Film PortraitHimself
- 1969Merry ChristmasDirector
- 1969The CanariesDirector
- 1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesSelf
- 1968The Artist's FriendDirector
- 1966European DiariesMusic
- 1966GalaxieSelf
- 1966Death in the ForenoonDirector
- 1965The Magic UmbrellaDirector
- 1965Schweitzer and BachDirector
- 1964Open the Door and See all the PeopleProducer
- 1963Hallelujah the HillsConvict I
- 1961The Sand CastleArt Direction
- 1957Albert SchweitzerDirector
- 1951C. G. Jung at Bollingen Tower RetreatDirector
- 1950CassisNarrator / Jerome
- 1950Grandma MosesDirector
- 1948Lamp Unto My FeetDirector
- 1938Ski FlightDirector
- 1932La cartomancienneDirector
- 1927Tom JonesTitle Graphics
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