Peter Hutton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 24, 1944
- Died
- June 25, 2016
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
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 New York held a full retrospective of Hutton's films.
Filmography
14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988 2018
as Self
The Making of a Superhero Musical 2015
Thanks
All About Bolex 2015
Actor
Three Landscapes 2013
Director
The Poor Stockinger, The Luddite Cropper and The Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott 2012
Cinematography
Sweetgrass 2009
Thanks
The Gates 2008
Additional Camera
365 Day Project 2007
as Self
At Sea 2007
Director, Cinematography
Skagafjördur 2004
Director
Certain Women 2004
as Clementine's Dad
Two Rivers 2003
Director
Looking at the Sea 2001
Director
Time and Tide 2000
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- Eerie
Eerie 1997
Director of Photography
Study of a River 1997
Director
Lodz Symphony 1993
Director
- Sketches for Late City Final
Sketches for Late City Final 1991
Director
In Titan's Goblet 1991
Director, Cinematography
No Picnic 1990
Director of Photography
New York Portrait 1990
Director
New York Portrait, Chapter III 1990
Director
Landscape (for Manon) 1987
Director
The Statue of Liberty 1985
Additional Director of Photography
Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City) 1984
Director
Born in Flames 1983
Camera Operator
- Lenin Portrait
Lenin Portrait 1982
Director
- At Sea, In Berlin, Lenin Portrait
At Sea, In Berlin, Lenin Portrait 1982
Director
New York Portrait, Chapter II 1981
Director
Boston Fire 1979
Director
The Deadly Art of Survival 1979
Production Assistant
New York Portrait, Chapter I 1979
Director
- Florence
Florence 1975
Director, Cinematography
Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74) 1974
Director
New York Near Sleep for Saskia 1972
Director
July '71 in San Francisco, Living at Beach Street, Working at Canyon Cinema, Swimming in the Valley of the Moon 1971
Director
In Marin County 1970
Director
Riverbody 1970
Actor
- For Horatio Alger
For Horatio Alger 1970
Director
Credits from TMDB.