Jerome Hill

Jerome Hill

1905-03-02 – 1972-11-21 (age 67) St. Paul, Minnesota
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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

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
365 Day Project
365 Day Project

2007

as Self

Hallelujah the Hills
Hallelujah the Hills

1963

as Convict I

Galaxie
Galaxie

1966

as Self

Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation

1997

as Self

Film Portrait
Film Portrait

1972

as Himself

Notes for Jerome
Notes for Jerome

1978

as Self

Cassis
Cassis

1950

as Narrator / Jerome