A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Peter B. Hutton
Peter Barrington Hutton
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Born:
August 24, 1944
Died:
June 25, 2016
Peter Hutton (born 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) was an experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world. He also worked as a professional cinematographer, most notably for his former student Ken Burns. Hutton studied painting, sculpture and film at the San Francisco Art Institute. He taught filmmaking at CalArts, Hampshire College, Harvard University, SUNY Purchase, and Bard College, where he served as the director of the Film and Electronic Arts Program from 1989 to 2016. Hutton's films are distributed by Canyon Cinema in San Francisco. In May 2008 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a full retrospective of Hutton's films.
Additional Camera:
1983 Born in Flames
Cinematography:
1975 Florence
1983 Born in Flames
1985 The Statue of Liberty
1991 In Titan's Goblet
2007 At Sea
Director:
1970 In Marin County
1971 July '71 in San Francisco, Living at Beach Street, Working at Canyon Cinema, Swimming in the Valley of the Moon
1972 New York Near Sleep for Saskia
1974 Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74)
1975 Florence
1979 Boston Fire
1979 New York Portrait, Chapter I
1981 New York Portrait, Chapter II
1983 Born in Flames
1985 The Statue of Liberty
1986 Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City)
1987 Landscape (for Manon)
1990 New York Portrait, Chapter III
1991 In Titan's Goblet
1991 Sketches for Late City Final
1993 Lodz Symphony
1997 Study of a River
2000 Time and Tide
2001 Looking at the Sea
2003 Two Rivers
2004 Skagafjördur
2007 At Sea
2013 Three Landscapes
???? New York Portrait
Director of Photography:
1970 In Marin County
1971 July '71 in San Francisco, Living at Beach Street, Working at Canyon Cinema, Swimming in the Valley of the Moon
1972 New York Near Sleep for Saskia
1974 Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74)
1975 Florence
1979 Boston Fire
1979 New York Portrait, Chapter I
1981 New York Portrait, Chapter II
1983 Born in Flames
1985 The Statue of Liberty
1986 Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City)
1986 No Picnic
1987 Landscape (for Manon)
1990 New York Portrait, Chapter III
1991 In Titan's Goblet
1991 Sketches for Late City Final
1993 Lodz Symphony
1997 Study of a River
2000 Time and Tide
2001 Looking at the Sea
2003 Two Rivers
2004 Skagafjördur
2007 At Sea
2013 Three Landscapes
???? New York Portrait
Editor:
1970 In Marin County
1971 July '71 in San Francisco, Living at Beach Street, Working at Canyon Cinema, Swimming in the Valley of the Moon
1972 New York Near Sleep for Saskia
1974 Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74)
1975 Florence
1979 Boston Fire
1979 New York Portrait, Chapter I
1981 New York Portrait, Chapter II
1983 Born in Flames
1985 The Statue of Liberty
1986 Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City)
1986 No Picnic
1987 Landscape (for Manon)
1990 New York Portrait, Chapter III
1991 In Titan's Goblet
1991 Sketches for Late City Final
1993 Lodz Symphony
1997 Study of a River
2000 Time and Tide
2001 Looking at the Sea
2003 Two Rivers
2004 Skagafjördur
2007 At Sea
2013 Three Landscapes
???? New York Portrait
Thanks:
1970 In Marin County
1971 July '71 in San Francisco, Living at Beach Street, Working at Canyon Cinema, Swimming in the Valley of the Moon
1972 New York Near Sleep for Saskia
1974 Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74)
1975 Florence
1979 Boston Fire
1979 New York Portrait, Chapter I
1981 New York Portrait, Chapter II
1983 Born in Flames
1985 The Statue of Liberty
1986 Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City)
1986 No Picnic
1987 Landscape (for Manon)
1990 New York Portrait, Chapter III
1991 In Titan's Goblet
1991 Sketches for Late City Final
1993 Lodz Symphony
1997 Study of a River
2000 Time and Tide
2001 Looking at the Sea
2003 Two Rivers
2004 Skagafjördur
2007 At Sea
2009 Sweetgrass
2013 Three Landscapes
2015 The Making of a Superhero Musical
???? New York Portrait
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