James E. Hinton Explained

James E. Hinton
Birth Name:	James E. Hinton Jr.
Birth Date:	21 November 1936
Birth Place:	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Death Place:	Bronx, New York City, USA
Education:	Howard University
Occupation:	Filmmaker

James E. Hinton (sometimes credited as Jim Hinton) was an American filmmaker and photographer. He was known as a documentarian of the civil rights movement; he worked on more than 70 documentaries as a cinematographer and director; but, Hinton is most especially known for his groundbreaking cinematography on the cult film Ganja & Hess.^{[1] [2]} He founded his own production company—James E. Hinton Enterprises—in 1971. He directed and lensed a number of commercial, industrial, and educational films; a set of films for the National Endowment for the Arts; a set of films for the U.S. Department of Labor; and TV documentaries.^{[3] [4]}

Select filmography

• Identity Crisis (1989) (cinematographer, co-producer)
• Greased Lightning (1977) (associate producer)
• Ganja & Hess (1973) (cinematographer)
• Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) (second unit director)

External links

• • Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: James E. Hinton photographs and papers, 1954-2006

Notes and References

1. Web site: The James E. Hinton Collection - Harvard Film Archive. library.harvard.edu. 2019-04-07. 2019-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517050217/https://library.harvard.edu/film/collections/hinton.html. dead.
2. News: James E. Hinton, Chronicler in Pictures of 1960's Turbulence, Dies at 69. Saxon. Wolfgang. 2006-02-23. The New York Times. 2019-04-07. en-US. 0362-4331.
3. Book: Ltd, Earl G. Graves. Black Enterprise. 1978. Earl G. Graves, Ltd.. en.
4. Chuck Jackson, "The Touch of the 'First' Black Cinematographer in North America: James E. Hinton, Ganja & Hess, and the NEA Films at the Harvard Film Archive," Black Camera, 10.1, Fall 2018, pp. 67-95. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/blackcamera.10.1.04?seq=1