Peter Hutton

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1944-08-24

Deathday 2016-06-25 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As Peter Barrington Hutton, Peter B. Hutton

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 New York held a full retrospective of Hutton's films.

Known For

Director

Crew

2009
Sweetgrass

as Thanks

2007
At Sea

as Cinematography

1991
In Titan's Goblet

as Cinematography

1985
The Statue of Liberty

as Cinematography

1975
Florence

as Cinematography

Camera

2000
Time and Tide

as Director of Photography

1986
No Picnic

as Director of Photography

1983
Born in Flames

as Additional Camera

Editor

2000
Time and Tide

as Editor