Jerome Hill
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-03-02
Day of Death
1972-11-21 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Paul, Minnesota
Jerome Hill
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2013)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
(2007)
365 Day Project
as Self
(1997)
Birth of a Nation
as Self
(1991)
(1978)
Notes for Jerome
as Self
(1972)
Film Portrait
as Himself
(1966)
Galaxie
as Self
(1963)
Hallelujah the Hills
as Convict I
(1950)
Cassis
as Narrator / Jerome
Crew
(1991)
Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum
Director, Music
(1972)
Film Portrait
Music, Editor, Director, Writer
(1969)
Merry Christmas
Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
(1968)
The Canaries
Director
(1968)
The Artist's Friend
Director
(1966)
Death in the Forenoon
Director
(1966)
European Diaries
Music
(1965)
The Magic Umbrella
Director, Writer
(1965)
Schweitzer and Bach
Director
(1964)
Open the Door and See all the People
Producer, Writer, Director
(1961)
The Sand Castle
Art Direction, Director, Producer
(1957)
Albert Schweitzer
Director, Producer, Presenter
(1951)
(1950)
Cassis
Music, Director
(1950)
Grandma Moses
Director, Producer
(1938)
Ski Flight
Director
(1932)
La cartomancienne
Director
(1927)
Tom Jones
Costume Design, Title Graphics