Hilary Harris Explained

Hilary Tjader Harris (December 9, 1929  - October 26, 1999) was a documentary filmmaker, one of the pioneers of time-lapse photography. The documentary, Seawards the Great Ships, directed by Harris, won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1962.^{[1] [2]} The Squeeze (1964), a short experimental film about overpopulation won a Golden Gate Award for best fiction at the San Francisco Film Festival in 1964. ^[3]

Filmography

• Longhorn (1951)
• Generation (1956)
• Highway (1958)
• Polaris Action 1960
• Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
• The Dialogues of Archibald Macleish and Mark Van Doren (1962)
• The Walk (1962)
• The Farmer and I (1963)
• Seas of Sweet Water (1964)
• The Squeeze (1964)
• The Draft Card Burners (circa 1965)
• Patterns for Communication (1966)
• 9 Variations on a Dance Theme (1966)
• The Nuer (1970)
• Organism (1975)
• Technology in Public Service (1976)
• South Street Seaport (1976)

Notes

A DVD, titled The Films of Hilary Harris, was released by Mystic Fire Video in 2006. The four films on the DVD are Organism, 9 Variations, Highway and Longhorn. The DVD also includes an interview with Harris, which contains the short films Generation and Highway.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hilary Harris. Variety. 2000-01-05. 2008-01-10.
2. Web site: The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners . oscars.org.
3. Olszynko-Gryn . Jesse . Ellis . Patrick . 2018 . Malthus at the Movies: Science, Cinema, and Activism around Z.P.G. and Soylent Green . Journal of Cinema and Media Studies . 58 . 1 . 47–69 . 10.2307/26608643 . 2578-4900.