James E. Hinton

American filmmaker

James E. Hinton

Born|

James E. Hinton Jr.

(1936-11-21)November 21, 1936

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Died| February 19, 2006(2006-02-19) (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

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* 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

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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. ^ Jackson, Chuck (2018). "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): 67–95. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.10.1.04. ISSN 1536-3155.

## External links

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* 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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* ISNI
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* Germany
* United States

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* Photographers' Identities

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