Peter Hutton
An image from At Sea, one of the productions that also features Peter Hutton.
Peter Hutton

Peter Hutton

August 24, 1944 — Detroit, Michigan, USA

Peter Hutton (born 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) was an experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world. He 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 taught filmmaking at CalArts, Hampshire College, Harvard University, SUNY Purchase, and Bard College, where he served as the director of the Film and Electronic Arts Program from 1989 to 2016. Hutton's films are distributed by Canyon Cinema in San Francisco. In May 2008 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a full retrospective of Hutton's films.

New York Portrait

New York Portrait

Born in Flames

Born in Flames

1983

Sweetgrass

Sweetgrass

2009

At Sea

At Sea

2007

Study of a River

Study of a River

1997

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

1985

Time and Tide

Time and Tide

2000

Boston Fire

1979