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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
The Making of a Superhero Musical
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2015
Three Landscapes
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
The Poor Stockinger, The Luddite Cropper and The Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2012
Sweetgrass
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2009
The Gates
Role: Additional Camera
MOVIE • 2008
At Sea
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2007
At Sea
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2007
Skagafjördur
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2004
Two Rivers
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2003
Looking at the Sea
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2001
Time and Tide
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2000
Time and Tide
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2000
Time and Tide
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2000
Study of a River
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1997
Baseball
Role: Additional Director of Photography
TV • 1994
Lodz Symphony
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1993
In Titan's Goblet
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1991
Sketches for Late City Final
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1991
In Titan's Goblet
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1991
New York Portrait
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1990