Harry Smith

Harry Smith

Harry Everett Smith (May 29, 1923 in Portland, Oregon – November 27, 1991 in New York City) was a visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian, mystic, and largely self-taught student of anthropology. Smith was an important figure in the Beat Generation scene in New York City, and his activities, such as his use of mind-altering substances and interest in esoteric spirituality, anticipated aspects of the Hippie movement. Besides his films, Smith is widely known for his influential "Anthology of American Folk Music," drawn from his extensive collection of out-of-print commercial 78 rpm recordings. Throughout his life Smith was an inveterate collector. In addition to records, artifacts he collected included string figures, paper airplanes, Seminole textiles, and Ukrainian Easter eggs. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Everett Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Title: Harry Smith
  • Popularity: 1.037
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1923-05-29
  • Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Homepage: http://harrysmitharchives.com/
  • Also Known As: Harry Everett Smith
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Harry Smith Movies

  • 1964
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    Screen Test: Harry Smith

    Screen Test: Harry Smith

    1 1964 HD

    Harry Smith’s screen test by Andy Warhol.

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  • 1970
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    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

    1 1970 HD

    A pilot for a documentary film capturing life at the Chelsea Hotel in the early 1970s. The film was never finished due to budget issues. 'A...

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  • 2007
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    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    1 2007 HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

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  • 1997
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    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.3 1997 HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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  • 2017
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    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    4 2017 HD

    The 94-year-old Robert Frank’s unique recordings of his fellow artists Harry Smith and Allen Ginsberg, which he had salvaged from his own...

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  • 1965
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    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    8 1965 HD

    The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light,...

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  • 1968
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    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.435 1968 HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

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  • 1947
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    No. 3: Interwoven

    No. 3: Interwoven

    5.8 1947 HD

    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, 3:20 or 10 min. Reportedly cut down from about 30 min. Initially intended to be screened with...

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  • 1949
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    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    5.5 1949 HD

    Experimental short. 16 mm, color, silent, 2:30 or 6 min. Sequel to No. 4.

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  • 1979
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    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    1 1979 HD

    Features Thelonious Monk's Misterioso. Extended version of No. 11 printed forward-backward-forward.

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  • 1965
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    No. 15 Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    No. 15 Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    1 1965 HD

    16 mm, color, silent, 10 min. Animation of Seminole patchwork.

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  • 1947
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    No. 4: Fast Track

    No. 4: Fast Track

    5.3 1947 HD

    16 mm, black & white and color, 2:16 or 6 min. Silent though possibly intended to be screened with Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca. The film starts...

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  • 1950
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    No. 6

    No. 6

    1 1950 HD

    16 mm, color, silent or mono, 1:30 or 20 min. Untraced red-green anaglyph 3-D film.

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  • 1951
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    No. 7: Color Study

    No. 7: Color Study

    5.2 1951 HD

    16 mm, color, silent, 5:25 or 15 min. "Optically printed Pythagoreanism in four movements supported on squares, circles, grillwork, and triangles...

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  • 1954
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    No. 8

    No. 8

    1 1954 HD

    16 mm, black & white, silent, 5 min. Untraced collage. Later expanded to No. 12.

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  • 1954
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    No. 9

    No. 9

    4 1954 HD

    16 mm, color, 10 min. Untraced collage.

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  • 1956
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    No. 10

    No. 10

    5.8 1956 HD

    16 mm, color, 3:35 or 10 min. Study for No. 11. "An exposition of Buddhism and the Kaballah in the form of a collage. The final scene shows Agaric...

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  • 1980
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    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

    5.5 1980 HD

    Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...

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  • 1967
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    No. 16: Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream

    No. 16: Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream

    5 1967 HD

    The Tin Woodman, framed by light bulbs, does a little dance, leaps and retrieves his axe from outside the frame, chops down a tree that turns into...

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  • 1965
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    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    5.9 1965 HD

    “Superimposed photographs of Mr. Fleischman’s butcher shop in New York, and the Kiowa around Anadarko, Oklahoma–with Cognate...

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  • 1965
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    Early Abstractions

    Early Abstractions

    6.2 1965 HD

    Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and...

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  • 1962
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    Heaven and Earth Magic

    Heaven and Earth Magic

    5.677 1962 HD

    The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next...

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  • 1956
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    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    5.8 1956 HD

    Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

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  • 1939
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    No. 1: A Strange Dream

    No. 1: A Strange Dream

    6 1939 HD

    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, silent, 2:20 or 5 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy...

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  • 1947
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    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    5.8 1947 HD

    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, 2:15 or 10 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy Gillespie's...

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  • 1962
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    Heaven and Earth Magic

    Heaven and Earth Magic

    5.677 1962 HD

    The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next...

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  • 1962
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    Heaven and Earth Magic

    Heaven and Earth Magic

    5.677 1962 HD

    The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next...

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  • 1980
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    No. 19

    No. 19

    1 1980 HD

    Film No. 19 US, 1980, 35mm, 12.5 min.

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  • 1965
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    Chinese Checkers

    Chinese Checkers

    4.1 1965 HD

    His Oriental predator is at first clothed in black, her 'victim' in white; slowly the costumes change, the victim acquiring a veil of mourning, until...

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  • 1962
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    No. 13: Oz

    No. 13: Oz

    1 1962 HD

    Unfinished commercial adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which was shelved after Smith's close friend, the executive producer...

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