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]
James E. Hinton | |
|---|---|
| Born | James E. Hinton Jr. November 21, 1936 |
| Died | February 19, 2006 (aged 69) Bronx, New York City, USA |
| Education | Howard University |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
Select filmography
edit- Identity Crisis (1989) (cinematographer, co-producer)
- Greased Lightning (1977) (associate producer)
- Ganja & Hess (1973) (cinematographer)
- Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) (second unit director)
References
edit- ^ "The James E. Hinton Collection - Harvard Film Archive". library.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (2006-02-23). "James E. Hinton, Chronicler in Pictures of 1960's Turbulence, Dies at 69". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ Ltd, Earl G. Graves (1978). Black Enterprise. Earl G. Graves, Ltd.
- ^ 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
External links
edit- James E. Hinton at IMDb
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: James E. Hinton photographs and papers, 1954-2006
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