Helen Hill

Helen Hill

Helen Wingard Hill was an American animation filmmaker and social activist who lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. When her final film, The Florestine Collection, was released in 2011, curators and critics described her as "one of the most well-regarded experimental animators of her generation." In the pre-dawn hours of January 4, 2007, Hill was murdered by a random intruder in her New Orleans home. Her death (which was one of six murders in New Orleans that day), coupled with the murder a week before of well-known New Orleans musician Dinerral Shavers, sparked widespread civic outrage in New Orleans, and inspired thousands to march against the rampant and continuing post-Katrina violence in New Orleans. This "March Against Violence on City Hall" drew significant press coverage throughout the United States and the rest of the world. (from wikipedia)

  • Title: Helen Hill
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  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1970-05-09
  • Place of Birth: Columbia, South Carolina, USA
  • Homepage: https://vimeo.com/helenhill
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Helen Hill Movies

  • 1970
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    Cleveland Street Gap

    Cleveland Street Gap

    1 1970 HD

    Mid-City, New Orleans - the bottom of the bowl. A filmmaker restores what she can of her soggy home movies, which sat in floodwater for three weeks....

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  • 1970
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    Five Spells

    Five Spells

    1 1970 HD

    GOOD LUCK FILM FOR TRAVEL. Hand processed at Phil Hoffman's Film Farm in Ontario.

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  • 1998
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    I Love Nola

    I Love Nola

    1 1998 HD

    Nola was born in New Orleans and lived most of her life in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She finally returned to her hometown in 2001. Filmed in 16 mm.

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  • 1995
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    Scratch and Crow

    Scratch and Crow

    4.667 1995 HD

    Scratch and Crow is a student film by Helen Hill made at the California Institute of the Arts. It is filled with vivid color and a light sense of...

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  • 1992
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    Vessel

    Vessel

    1 1992 HD

    Inspired by a poem.

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  • 2000
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    Film for Rosie

    Film for Rosie

    1 2000 HD

    A visual genealogy for Helen's potbellied pig Rosabella Bridle King. Hand processed black and white live action and drawing on film (2000). Made at...

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  • 1996
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    The Tunnel of Love

    The Tunnel of Love

    1 1996 HD

    A whimsical lesson in love from Helen Hill.

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  • 1990
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    Rain Dance

    Rain Dance

    1 1990 HD

    Rain Dance is a four-minute animation produced by Hill while an undergraduate student at Harvard University from 1988-1992; the exact date of the...

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  • 1999
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    Mouseholes

    Mouseholes

    5 1999 HD

    Helen Hill remembers her grandfather just before his death (in part) by a metaphor involving him as a rapidly diminishing mouse.

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  • 1999
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    Your New Pig Is Down the Road

    Your New Pig Is Down the Road

    1 1999 HD

    "Filmed in 16mm and hand processed in a week at Phil Hoffman's Film Farm in Canada, this film was a treasure map to lead my husband to his gift, a...

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  • 2001
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    Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century

    Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century

    9 2001 HD

    Madame Winger wants you to make a film about something you love. She shows you her favorite low budget filmmaking techniques, from cameraless...

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  • 1995
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    The World's Smallest Fair

    The World's Smallest Fair

    1 1995 HD

    A man visits the world's smallest fair, where he learns a valuable lesson about life and poison cotton candy.

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  • 2004
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    Bohemian Town

    Bohemian Town

    1 2004 HD

    A tribute to Halifax.

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  • 2000
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    The Moody Brood

    The Moody Brood

    1 2000 HD

    A documentary unlike any other, The Moody Brood explodes the myth of the idealized, normal family-a popular and pervasive post-WWII notion. The film...

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  • 2011
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    The Florestine Collection

    The Florestine Collection

    1 2011 HD

    Experimental Animator Helen Hill found more than 100 handmade dresses in a trash pile on one Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. She set out to make a...

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