Harry Smith
Birth:
May 29, 1923 (Portland, Oregon)
Death:
November 26, 1991
Official Website:
Harry Smith Archives
Major Works:
Film Number 20 Fragments of a Faith Forgotten (1981)
Film Number 19 (1980)
Film Number 18 Mahagonny (1970-80)
Film Number 17 Mirror Animations (Extended Version) (1979)
Film Number 16 Oz: The Tin Woodman’s Dream (1967)
Film Number 15 (1965-66)
Film Number 14 Late Superimpositions (1964)
Early Abstractions (assembled 1964)
Film Number 13 Oz (1962)
Film Number 12 (Named “Heaven and Earth Magic Feature” by Jonas Mekas) (1957-62)
Film Number 11 Mirror Animations (1957)
Film Number 10 Mirror Animations (1957)
Film Number 9 (1957)
Film Number 8 (1957)
Film Number 7 Color Study (1950-51)
Film Number 6 (1950)
Film Number 5 Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger) (1950)
Film Number 4 Fast Track (1949)
Film Number 3 Interwoven (1947-49)
Film Number 2 Message from the Sun (1946-48)
Film Number 1 A Strange Dream (1946-48)
Years Working:
1939
1940-47
1950-58
1962-66
Notes:
Was also a musicologist noted for his Anthology of American Folk Music collection.
Studied anthropology at the University of Washington, but dropped out after attending a Woody Guthrie concert in San Francisco.
Was a noted collector of sacred religious objects.
Spent the last years of his life as a “shaman in residence” at Naropa Institute.
Online Resources: IMDB: Profile
Senses of Cinema: Profile
L.A. Weekly: Profile
Wikipedia: Bio and info
Film Books About Harry Smith:
An Introduction to the American Underground Film by Sheldon Renan (E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1967) (Published simultaneously in Canada by Clarke, Irwin and Company, Limited, Toronto and Vancouver) (pp. 178-180.)
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