Jerome Hill

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1905-03-02
BirthplaceSt. Paul, Minnesota

Jerome Hill

Directing

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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Filmography

Acting (9)

2007
10.0
7.0
1978
7.0
1972
Film Portraitas Himself
6.0
1966
Galaxieas Self
10.0
1963
6.2
1950
Cassisas Narrator / Jerome

Production & Directing (35)

1972
6.0
1972
6.0
1972
6.0
1972
6.0
1969
1969
1969
1969
1969
The CanariesDirector
5.8
5.1
1965
5.2
5.2
1961
The Sand CastleArt Direction
7.7
1961
7.7
1961
7.7
1957
6.5
1957
6.5
1957
6.5
1950
CassisMusic
1950
CassisDirector
1950
6.7
1950
6.7
1938
Ski FlightDirector
1932
6.4
1927
Tom JonesCostume Design
1927
Tom JonesTitle Graphics