Hirsh Filmography
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Filmography
1930-36 Hirsh was a Motion Picture Cameraman, Columbia Studios, Hollywood
1937- 49 Films on which Hirsh collaborated or assisted
| Title | Date | Format | Time | ||
| Even As You and I | 1937 | 16mm, b/w, silent | 12 mins | Hay/Barlow/Robbins (Hirsh as actor) |
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| The Cage | 1947 | 16mm, silent | 28 mins | Dir. Sidney Peterson (Hirsh was cinematographer) | |
| Horror Dream | 1947 | 10 mins | Dir. Sidney Peterson | ||
| Clinic of Stumble | c. 1948 | 16mm | 16 mins | Dir. Sidney Peterson | |
| Lead Shoes | 1949 | 16mm | 18 mins | Dir. Sidney Peterson | |
| Documentary on NW British Columbia Indians | early 40s | lost? | |||
| Divertissement Rococo | 1951 | 16mm, color, sound | 12 mins | San Francisco | |
| Eneri | 1953 | 16mm, color, sound | 7 mins | San Francisco |
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| Come Closer (stereoscopic version) | 1953 | 16mm, color, sound | 7 mins | San Francisco | |
| Gyromorphosis | 1954 | 16mm, color, sound | 7 mins | Amsterdam | |
| short reportage films for television | 1954-55 | lost? | |||
| animated commercials for Dollywood Studios | c. 1954-57 | Amsterdam (not found) | |||
| Autumn Spectrum | 1957 | 16mm, color, sound | 7 min | Amsterdam. Music: Modern Jazz Quartet |
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| Film performances | c. 1950s | multiple projection pieces performed to live jazz: Djinn, Change of Key, Recherche, Double Jam, Round About Midnight. lost? | |||
| Defense d’Afficher | 1958 | 16mm, color, sound | 8 min | Paris | ![]() |
| Chasse des Touches | 1959 | 16mm, color, sound | 4 mins | Paris. Music: Thelonius Monk, “Evidence” |
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| Caro Coffee Commercial | date unknown | ||||
| Decollages Recolles | c. 1960 | double reel collage film, silent Paris (Unfinished) | |||
| Scratch Pad | 1961 | 16mm, color, sound | 9 mins | (16/18 fps)Paris |
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| La Couleur de la Forme | 1961 | 16mm, color, sound | 7 min | Paris | |
| Etude Anatomique du Photographe | 1961 | lost? | ![]() |
Hirsh provided technical help and loaned equipment to artists including Jordan Belson, Harry Smith, Patricia Marx, Frank Stauffacher, James Broughton, Larry Jordan





