He has a professional career spanning 40 years, he’s not to be confused with the famous detective of the same name created by crime writer Val McDermid, and he really did study sculpture at St. Martins College.
Tony Hill twice won Best Experimental Film at Melbourne International Film Film Festival; he’s exhibited at the ICA, Tate Modern, Tate Britain and the National Film Theatre in London; he’s had films broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK: and his instantly recognizable and much imitated 100 Heads – a student film made in 1971 – remains a popular choice for college lecturers inspiring new students of film.
‘Holding the Viewer’ an award-winning short film from 1993 starred a young Keith Allen (father to pop act Lilly Allen) as the central character taking the viewer and an iron bar on a cinematic roller-coaster ride. In 1994 he created the curious visualizations for The Orb’s Pomme Fritz, and then in 1998 he returned to music video work when directing If the Top 20 hit single by nineties Brit-pop band The Bluetones.
Tony Hill’s work is renowned for its sculptural quality and for his ability to present the world in unique ways. He is renowned for constructing bespoke camera rigs in order to achieve incredible special effects, long before the use of digital editing and computer aided cinematography.
Tony Hill is the retrospective artist for Glimmer 2011 Hull’s 9th International Short Film Festival. Tony will be screening a selection of his award-winning films at the Glimmer Cinema in the city centre, within the Methodist Hall on King Edward Street and exhibiting work at the Ferens Art Gallery (Drinks Reception Thursday 6th October from 5pm) and Red Gallery from the 6th – 9th October
Exhibitions – Rigs 6th – 9th October Ferens Live Art Space and ‘The Pool’ 6th – 9th October Red Gallery Osbourne Street 12pm – 4pm
