Jerome Hill
| Jerome Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jerome Hill March 2, 1905 St. Paul, Minnesota, United States |
| Died |
November 21, 1972 (aged 67) New York City, New York, United States |
| Residence |
Cassis, France Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Painter, Composer, Academy-Award Winning Independent Film Director, Writer and Producer |
| Known for |
Ski Flight (1937) Grandma Moses (1950) Albert Schweitzer (1957) Film Portrait (1973) |
| Relatives | James Jerome Hill |
| Awards | 1957 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature |
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.[1]
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.[2]
In addition to making films, he was a painter and composer.[3]
His last film, the autobiographical Film Portrait (1973), was added to the National Film Registry in 2003.[4]
Hill was a stakeholder in Sugar Bowl Ski Resort. He had a chalet built at Sugar Bowl and while living there, paid for and operated "The Magic Carpet", the first aerial tramway on the west coast.[5][6]
Hill founded the Jerome Foundation, which gives grants to non-profit arts organizations and artists in Minnesota and New York City. Hill started it as the Avon Foundation in 1964, but after his death it was renamed the Jerome Foundation.[7] Among the projects the foundation funds is the American Composers Forum's Jerome Fund for New Music, which supports the creation of new works of music with grants to composers.[8] Hill also founded the Camargo Foundation in 1967, which administers an artists residency in Cassis, France.[1]
Filmography (as director)
- 1932 La cartomancienne
- 1937 Ski Flight, featuring Otto Lang
- 1950 Grandma Moses, written and narrated by Archibald MacLeish
- 1950 Cassis
- 1957 Albert Schweitzer
- 1961 The Sand Castle (1961 film) with Mabel Mercer
- 1964 Open the Door and see all the People
- 1965 Magic Umbrella
- 1966 Death in the Forenoon
- 1968 The Artist's Friend
- 1969 Canaries
- 1969 Merry Christmas (1969 film)
- 1973 Film Portrait, added to the National Film Registry in 2003
- 1991 Carl G. Jung or Lapis Philosophorum
References
- 1 2 Caws, Mary Ann (2005). "Jerome Hill". camargofoundation.org. Cassis, France: Camargo Foundation. Web. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ Rud, A.G. (December 15, 2010). Albert Schweitzer's Legacy for Education: Reverence for Life. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 108.
- ↑ Caws, Mary Ann (2005). "Jerome Hill". camargofoundation.org. Cassis, France: Camargo Foundation. Web. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.loc.gov/film/nfr2003.html
- ↑ Wernick, Robert (November 23, 1959). "West To The Sierra". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ↑ Frohlich, Robert; S.E. Humphries (1999). Skiing with Style: Sugar Bowl 60 Years. Truckee, California: Coldstream Press. pp. Page 2. ISBN 1-893057-01-1.
- ↑ "Founder: J. Jerome Hill". Jerome Foundation.
- ↑ "Jerome Fund for New Music". American Composters Forum. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
External links
- The Jerome Hill Papers are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.
- Selected Digitized Items of the Jerome Hill Papers are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.
- Jerome Hill at the Internet Movie Database
- Jerome Foundation
- Dutiful Son: Louis W. Hill Sr. Book, Book about Louis W. Hill Sr., son and successor of empire builder James J. Hill, Father of Jerome Hill at Ramsey County Historical Society.