James E. Hinton

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]

James E. Hinton
Born	James E. Hinton Jr. November 21, 1936 Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Died	February 19, 2006 (aged 69) Bronx, New York City, USA
Education	Howard University
Occupation	Filmmaker

Select filmography

• 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

1. "The James E. Hinton Collection - Harvard Film Archive". library.harvard.edu. 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. Chuck Jackson, "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, Fall 2018, pp. 67-95. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/blackcamera.10.1.04?seq=1

External links

• James E. Hinton at IMDb 
• Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: James E. Hinton photographs and papers, 1954-2006