James E. Hinton

James E. Hinton
James E. Hinton
Born	James E. Hinton Jr.; November 21, 1936; Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Died	February 19, 2006 (aged 69); Bronx, New York City, USA
Education	Howard University
Occupation	Filmmaker

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]

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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[1] "The James E. Hinton Collection - Harvard Film Archive". library.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-04-07.

[2] 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.

[3] Ltd, Earl G. Graves (1978). Black Enterprise. Earl G. Graves, Ltd.

[4] 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

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National	Germany United States
Artists	Photographers' Identities