George W. Hill

George W. Hill

CinematographerDirectorProducer
Born
April 25, 1895
Died
August 10, 1934

Beginning his career at age 13 as a stagehand for D.W. Griffith, George W. Hill worked his way up through cinematography and screenwriting to finally begin directing films in the early 1920s. His later films took on a stark, brutally realistic atmosphere and were renowned for their effective use of…

Biography

Beginning his career at age 13 as a stagehand for D.W. Griffith, George W. Hill worked his way up through cinematography and screenwriting to finally begin directing films in the early 1920s. His later films took on a stark, brutally realistic atmosphere and were renowned for their effective use of shadows in the lighting as in The Big House (1930), considered to be his masterpiece. He was found dead in his beach house in 1934, victim of an apparent suicide.

Second Unit or Assistant Director

IntoleranceIntolerance(1916)

Camera and Electrical Department

The Good EarthThe Good Earth(1937)
The Painted VeilThe Painted Veil(1934)

Known for

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Robert Harron, George W. Hill, Mae Marsh, and John W. Noble in Sunshine Alley (1917)Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Johnny Mack Brown, George W. Hill, Frances Marion, Marjorie Rambeau, and Lewis Stone in The Secret 6 (1931)Wallace Beery, George W. Hill, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion, Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris, J.C. Nugent, and Lewis Stone in The Big House (1930)Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Johnny Mack Brown, George W. Hill, Frances Marion, Marjorie Rambeau, and Lewis Stone in The Secret 6 (1931)Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Johnny Mack Brown, George W. Hill, Frances Marion, Marjorie Rambeau, and Lewis Stone in The Secret 6 (1931)Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Johnny Mack Brown, George W. Hill, Frances Marion, Marjorie Rambeau, and Lewis Stone in The Secret 6 (1931)