Hy Hirsh
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Hyman "Hy" Hirsh (October 11, 1911, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - November 1961, Paris, France), was an American photographer and experimental filmmaker. He is regarded as a visual music filmmaker, as well as one of the first filmmakers to use electronic imagery (filmed oscilloscope patterns) in a film.
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Selected filmography
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Solo works
- Divertissement Rococo, 1951
- Eneri, 1953
- Come Closer, stereoscopic, 1953
- Gyromorphosis, 1954
- Autumn Spectrum, 1957
- Défense d'afficher ("Post No Bills"), 1958
- Chasse des Touches 1959
- Scratch Pad, 1961 (18fps with sound)
- La Couleur de la forme, 1961 (non-original music added, original soundtrack unknown)
- Etude Anatomique du Photographe, 1961 (presumed lost)
Décollages recollés, 1960, unfinished, was not listed in Hirsh's CV of completed films, but exists in its unfinished state as a double, two projector film, 16mm, silent.
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Collaborations
- Even—As You And I (1937) with Roger Barlow, Harry Hay and LeRoy Robbins
- The Cage (1947) with Sidney Peterson
- Horror Dream (1947) with Sidney Peterson
- Clinic of Stumble (1948) with Sidney Peterson
- Film No. 4 (1948) with Harry Smith
- The Lead Shoes (1949) with Sidney Peterson
- Notes on the Port of St. Francis (1951) co-produced with director Frank Stauffacher
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