Hilary Harris

Hilary Tjader Harris (December 9, 1929 – October 26, 1999) was a documentary filmmaker, one of the pioneers of time-lapse photography. The documentary, Seawards the Great Ships, directed by Harris, won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1962. The Squeeze (1964), a short experimental film about overpopulation won a Golden Gate Award for best fiction at the San Francisco Film Festival in 1964.

Filmography

 * Longhorn (1951)
 * Generation (1956)
 * Highway (1958)
 * Polaris Action 1960
 * Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
 * The Dialogues of Archibald Macleish and Mark Van Doren (1962)
 * The Walk (1962)
 * The Farmer and I (1963)
 * Seas of Sweet Water (1964)
 * The Squeeze (1964)
 * The Draft Card Burners (circa 1965)
 * Patterns for Communication (1966)
 * 9 Variations on a Dance Theme (1966)
 * The Nuer (1970)
 * Organism (1975)
 * Technology in Public Service (1976)
 * South Street Seaport (1976)