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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-03-02 (120 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

2007

1997

1991

1978

1972

Film Portrait as Himself

1966

Galaxie as Self

1963

1950

Cassis as Narrator / Jerome

Art

1961

The Sand Castle as Art Direction

Sound

Editing

1972

Film Portrait as Editor

1969

Merry Christmas as Editor

Directing

1972

Film Portrait as Director

1969

Merry Christmas as Director

1968

The Canaries as Director

1966

1965

1961

The Sand Castle as Director

1957

Albert Schweitzer as Director

1950

Grandma Moses as Director
Cassis as Director

1948

Lamp Unto My Feet as Director

1938

Ski Flight as Director

1932

La cartomancienne as Director

Writing

1972

Film Portrait as Writer

1969

Merry Christmas as Writer

1965

Production

1969

Merry Christmas as Producer

1961

The Sand Castle as Producer

1957

Albert Schweitzer as Producer

1950

Grandma Moses as Producer

1948

Lamp Unto My Feet as Producer

Crew

1957

Albert Schweitzer as Presenter

1948

Lamp Unto My Feet as Presenter

1927

Tom Jones as Title Graphics

Costume & Make-Up

1927

Tom Jones as Costume Design