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Peter Hutton

Peter Hutton (born August 24 1944 in Detroit, Michigan; d. June 25 2016) is an filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world. He has also worked as a professional cinematographer, most notably for his former student Ken Burns. Hutton studied painting, sculpture and film at the San Francisco Art Institute. He has taught filmmaking at CalArts, Hampshire College, Harvard University, SUNY Purchase, and Bard College, where he has served as the director of the Film and Electronic Arts Program since 1989.

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The Cinema of Peter Hutton

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 22/10/2025 - 02:06

Step into the contemplative world of acclaimed experimental filmmaker Peter Hutton with a rare screening of three of his most poetic works: Landscape (for Manon), Study of a River, and Time and Tide.

Traveller, sea merchant and avid sailor, Peter Hutton made silent films grounded in the fleeting movement of rivers, clouds, mist, smoke and sunlight, inspired by the river painters from the Hudson river school (1829–1908).
Dates:
Sunday, November 30, 2025 - 15:00
Venue:
Barbican Cinema - London, United Kingdom
R(a/u)pture 3: Biesmans, Hutton, Kaul, Aurand, Lockhart

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 06/08/2025 - 12:06

During the final weekend of the summer holidays, R(a/u)pture presents a unique film and music programme at the Winterslag mining ridge. In collaboration with Jester, the collective will showcase seven films on original formats – including one with a live soundtrack – alongside a complementary programme featuring exhibitions, a lecture, and a silent film screening.

Want more info or tickets? Visit R(a/u)pture’s Linktree!
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Programme Friday 29 August
Dates:
Friday, August 29, 2025 (All day) to Saturday, August 30, 2025 (All day)
Regarder la mer, c’est regarder le tout: films by Peter Hutton and Marguerite Duras

By Kyujae Park on Thu, 24/07/2025 - 12:43

Lothringen and KU Cinema present Regarder la mer, c'est regarder le tout (To look at the sea is to look at the whole)

Lothringen, a Seoul-based film collective, and KU Cinema are pleased to present Regarder la mer, c’est regarder le tout, a curated program showcasing the work of Marguerite Duras and Peter Hutton.
Dates:
Saturday, August 9, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, August 10, 2025 (All day)
Venue:
KU Cinema - Seoul, South Korea
Structures, Studies and ‘Scapes: A 16mm Experimental Film Program

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 13/09/2022 - 06:39

Structures, Studies and 'Scapes: A 16mm Experimental Film Program is a free presentation of rare Avant-garde and experimental works from cinema history presented in their original 16mm film formats. The program features sound and silent art films by Abigail Child, Peter Hutton, Julie Murray, James Otis, and Emily Richardson.
Dates:
Saturday, September 17, 2022 - 14:00
Venue:
Deering Estate Visitor Center Theater - Miami, United States
Cinema Parenthèse #34-39: Before We Knew Nothing

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 23/03/2022 - 08:00

Cinema Parenthèse and iMAL present Befoew We Knew Nothing, a series of six film programs featuring the work of Mark Lapore, Chick Strand, Peter Hutton, Diane Kitchen, Naomi Uman, and Nathaniel Dorsky, whose varied practices are centred on ethnographic and anthropological studies.
Dates:
Friday, March 25, 2022 (All day) to Sunday, March 27, 2022 (All day)
Venue:
iMAL, Center for digital cultures and technology - Brussels, Belgium
OFFoff Cinema: Night of Experimental Film 2018

By Art Cinema OFFoff on Mon, 09/04/2018 - 07:21

During the fifth Night of Experimental Film Art Cinema OFFoff again combines avant-garde (silent) film with innovative experimental music based on an overarching theme. This year the night flirts shamelessly with romanticism. The great feelings like Weltschmerz and Sehnsucht, individualism, and the longing for the unknown are back in contemporary alliances between musical impulses and cinematic desires.

Dates:
Friday, April 20, 2018 - 19:30
Venue:
Vooruit - Ghent, Belgium
DIM Cinema: Canyon Cinema at 50 - Studies in Natural Magic

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 05/04/2018 - 12:00

This program of works from San Francisco experimental-film distributor Canyon Cinema, one of DIM’s favourite partners, is curated by David Dinnell, visiting faculty at CalArts and former program director at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Dates:
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 19:30
Venue:
Pacific Cinémathèque - Vancouver , Canada
Close-Up: Peter Hutton's Haikus

By Marcos Ortega on Fri, 18/08/2017 - 03:58

Close-Up and Rattis Books pay tribute to the visionary artist Peter Hutton, one year on from his passing. Presenting the first substantial screening of Hutton’s works in London in a decade, this two-night programme focuses on a cross-section the filmmaker’s intimate and lush portraits of urban, rural and marine environments.
Dates:
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 19:30
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 19:30
Venue:
Close-Up Cinema - London, United Kingdom
A Roll For Peter in Vancouver

By Anonymous on Thu, 20/04/2017 - 04:38

Iris Film Collective, in collaboration with Dance Troupe Practice is pleased to present “A Roll For Peter”, the touring program of films made in tribute to the late great filmmaker Peter Hutton.

The films come to Vancouver in serendipitous confluence with two screenings as part of the DIM series at The Pacific Cinematheque of Hutton’s work (the second takes place on April 26).

Hutton, an American artist and educator, developed a unique perspective on both urban and remote landscapes through his images from the early 1970’s until his death in 2016.
Dates:
Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 20:00 to Sunday, April 30, 2017 - 19:55
Venue:
Pandora Park - Vancouver, Canada
DIM Cinema: Peter Hutton, Near & Far (Program 2)

By Michele Smith on Thu, 20/04/2017 - 03:53

“Hit with a heavy case of wanderlust” as a young man, Hutton spent 15 years as a merchant marine, and from then on was rarely without his 16mm camera. His gorgeously textured depictions of cities and landscapes are, in his words, “diaristic without being autobiographical,” using long takes and silence to encourage the mind to roam.
Dates:
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 19:30
Venue:
DIM Cinema - Vancouver, Canada