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Nathaniel Dorsky
Nathaniel Dorsky (born 1943) is an American experimental filmmaker and film editor. His film career began during the New American Cinema movement of the 1960s, when he met his partner Jerome Hiler. He won an Emmy Award in 1967 for his work on the film Gauguin in Tahiti: Search for Paradise.
After moving to San Francisco in the 1970s, Dorsky eventually edited some of his earlier footage to create the 1982 film Hours for Jerome, which was inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Through his short lyric films, he developed the style of polyvalent montage for which he is known. In addition to his own films, Dorsky has worked as an editor or film doctor on other projects, particularly documentaries.
Dorsky was born in New York City in 1943 and grew up in Millburn, New Jersey. Growing up, Dorsky learned about Buddhism through attending study groups with his father. He made 8 mm nature films inspired by Disney's True-Life Adventures series. Dorsky attended Antioch College for a year before moving to New York City to study film at NYU.
In New York, Dorsky was exposed to the local experimental film scene and made a trilogy of films about his childhood. Shortly after premiering the first film of the trilogy, Ingreen, he met Jerome Hiler at the Film-Makers' Cooperative.
Dorsky and Hiler became romantic partners and moved to rural Lake Owassa, New Jersey in 1966. He won an Emmy Award for the film Gauguin in Tahiti: Search for Paradise which was directed by Martin Carr in 1967. Ralph Steiner hired Dorsky to edit three of his final films: A Look at Laundry, Beyond Niagara, and Look Park.
Dorsky continued shooting footage during his time in New Jersey but stopped editing and releasing films for many years. After Hiler made an untitled film as a birthday gift, he made one in response, and the two pieces are now known as Fool's Spring (Two Personal Gifts). Both were projectionists and programmers at the local branch of the Sussex County Area Reference Library, which commissioned them to make an industrial film. The resulting piece Library features a minimalist soundtrack by Tony Conrad and narration by Beverly Grant.
Dorsky and Hiler stayed in New Jersey until 1971 when they moved to San Francisco. After going to Los Angeles to work on the exploitation film Revenge of the Cheerleaders, Dorsky settled in San Francisco permanently. He served for several years on the board of the San Francisco Cinematheque.
In the early 1980s, he edited his films from living at Lake Owassa to make Hours for Jerome, a two-part film structured around the seasons. He experimented with silent speed in making the film, and since then he has made silent films which are screened at a reduced frame rate. Hours for Jerome was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2012. Dorsky's other short films from the 1980s concentrated on the film grain, texture, and color.
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Nathaniel Dorsky
Nathaniel Dorsky (born 1943) is an American experimental filmmaker and film editor. His film career began during the New American Cinema movement of the 1960s, when he met his partner Jerome Hiler. He won an Emmy Award in 1967 for his work on the film Gauguin in Tahiti: Search for Paradise.
After moving to San Francisco in the 1970s, Dorsky eventually edited some of his earlier footage to create the 1982 film Hours for Jerome, which was inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Through his short lyric films, he developed the style of polyvalent montage for which he is known. In addition to his own films, Dorsky has worked as an editor or film doctor on other projects, particularly documentaries.
Dorsky was born in New York City in 1943 and grew up in Millburn, New Jersey. Growing up, Dorsky learned about Buddhism through attending study groups with his father. He made 8 mm nature films inspired by Disney's True-Life Adventures series. Dorsky attended Antioch College for a year before moving to New York City to study film at NYU.
In New York, Dorsky was exposed to the local experimental film scene and made a trilogy of films about his childhood. Shortly after premiering the first film of the trilogy, Ingreen, he met Jerome Hiler at the Film-Makers' Cooperative.
Dorsky and Hiler became romantic partners and moved to rural Lake Owassa, New Jersey in 1966. He won an Emmy Award for the film Gauguin in Tahiti: Search for Paradise which was directed by Martin Carr in 1967. Ralph Steiner hired Dorsky to edit three of his final films: A Look at Laundry, Beyond Niagara, and Look Park.
Dorsky continued shooting footage during his time in New Jersey but stopped editing and releasing films for many years. After Hiler made an untitled film as a birthday gift, he made one in response, and the two pieces are now known as Fool's Spring (Two Personal Gifts). Both were projectionists and programmers at the local branch of the Sussex County Area Reference Library, which commissioned them to make an industrial film. The resulting piece Library features a minimalist soundtrack by Tony Conrad and narration by Beverly Grant.
Dorsky and Hiler stayed in New Jersey until 1971 when they moved to San Francisco. After going to Los Angeles to work on the exploitation film Revenge of the Cheerleaders, Dorsky settled in San Francisco permanently. He served for several years on the board of the San Francisco Cinematheque.
In the early 1980s, he edited his films from living at Lake Owassa to make Hours for Jerome, a two-part film structured around the seasons. He experimented with silent speed in making the film, and since then he has made silent films which are screened at a reduced frame rate. Hours for Jerome was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2012. Dorsky's other short films from the 1980s concentrated on the film grain, texture, and color.