James Hill
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British film and television director, screenwriter and producer (1919–1994)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Trial at Castle of Winchester, 1777, for setting fire to Rope-House
- Practice Exercises in Basic Teeline
- Advanced Teeline
- Basic Teeline
- Avignon Popes and the Eastern Mediterranean
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Film & TV
Eldwick, Yorks, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James ("Jimmy") Hill (1 August 1919 - 7 October 1994) was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer whose career spanned 52 years between 1937–1989, best remembered for his documentaries and short subjects such as Giuseppina and The Home Made Car, and as director of the internationally acclaimed Born Free. Hill also directed,…
Known for
- Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream — Self1990
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1940-07-27
Discography
- Eine Reise um die Welt1970
- Unsere Heimat ist der Ozean1971
- So schön ist Kanada1973
- Weit, weit weit ist es bis nach Lüdenscheid1975
- Auf großer Fahrt1976
- Seemann, wann kommst du wieder - Sailor, When Will You Return1976
- Über alle sieben Meere1976
- Weihnachten mit dir1976
- Die bekanntesten 24 Country Hits in deutsch1979
- Soweit die Füße tragen1979
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- 46,630
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The Old Silo invites you into a world of new beginnings, old regrets, might-have-beens, burning questions, beautiful women, horny geezers and gold diggers. Produced by Joel Plaskett and recorded in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, James Hill's latest album cuts a deep, winding path through Folk, Roots Rock and Americana. Hill has made a career as an award-winning ukulele player and songwriter, an uncompromising artist who “gives the ukulele its dignity back without ever taking himself too seriously” (So
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- television
- Work location
- United Kingdom
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- date of death
- 1994-10-07
- date of birth
- 1919-07-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
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