Peter Hutton

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-08-24 (72 years old)

Deathday

2016-06-25

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Peter Hutton

Biography

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 ...

Production

1990

2007

At Sea

as Director

2007

At Sea

as Cinematography

1997

Study of a River

as Director

1979

Boston Fire

as Director

2013

Three Landscapes

as Director

1987

1975

Florence

as Director

1991

2004

Skagafjördur

as Director

1993

Lodz Symphony

as Director

2000

Time and Tide

as Director

1985

The Statue of Liberty

as Cinematography

1975

Florence

as Cinematography

2003

Two Rivers

as Director

2001

1970

In Marin County

as Director

2009

Sweetgrass

as Thanks

1991

In Titan's Goblet

as Cinematography

1986

No Picnic

as Director of Photography

2000

Time and Tide

as Director of Photography

2000

Time and Tide

as Editor

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Lenin Portrait

as Director

2008

The Gates

as Additional Camera

1983

Born in Flames

as Camera Operator

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