Name Peter Hutton | Role Filmmaker | |
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Movies Three Landscapes, At Sea, Thomas Jefferson, Study of a River, Boston Fire | ||
At sea peter hutton 2007
Peter Barrington Hutton (August 24, 1944 – June 25, 2016) was an American 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, as well as cinematography for Lizzie Borden's "Born in Flames," Sheila McLaughlin and Lynne Tillman's "Committed," assorted films by artist Red Grooms and Albert Maysles' "The Gates."
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- At sea peter hutton 2007
- Two rivers an evening with filmmaker peter hutton
- Selected filmography
- Exhibitions
- References
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Hutton studied painting, sculpture, and film at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1987, Hutton was awarded Best Cinematography for his work on Phil Hartman's feature film "No Picnic" at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress selected "Study of a River" as one of 25 films annually chosen. 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 since 1989.
Much of Hutton's career was influenced by his time in the merchant marine.
Hutton's films are distributed by Canyon Cinema in San Francisco and Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst in Berlin. In May 2008 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a full retrospective of Hutton's films. His most recent work, Three Landscapes premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.
Hutton died of cancer at the age of 71 on June 25, 2016.
Two rivers an evening with filmmaker peter hutton
Selected filmography
Exhibitions
