Hy Hirsh Movies

With his last film, Hirsch more than ever justifies a critic’s description as ‘the Matisse of the Cinema.

A Hy Hirsh film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2000.

The inherent kinetic qualities are brought into actuality in GYROMORPHOSIS, as seen in the construction-sculpture of Constant Nieuwenhuys of...

A soundless film starts in a studio: an artist sits, a nude stands; a page burns, paper cutouts appear, images are distorted. The artist removes his...

Three fellows dream of prize money and a chance for a real Hollywood contract by winning the Liberty-Pete Smith amateur movie contest. They work on a...

Study of posters and graffiti on the walls of Paris, using ellipses, brief shots and quick camera movements. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

Decollages Recolles is a mystery as it is unfinished, with no indication of the track Hirsh intended. We had two reels, each with a head title, but...

Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation...

A film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2000.

Directed by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Directed, assembled by Hy Hirsch.

Whether at the stage of conceptualization or "editing", the blending and multiple impression of the images were done in-camera. In this sense, I...