Adam Giffard

Películas

The Trials of Alger Hiss
Director of Photography
Documentary by lifelong friend that supports the innocence of Alger Hiss (convicted in January 1950 on two counts of espionage-related perjury)
Fore Play
Director of Photography
A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.
Noche silenciosa, noche sangrienta
Director of Photography
Es Nochebuena, 1950 y un cuerpo carbonizado aparece sobre la nieve del jardín de la casa Butler. Es Wildfred Butler. Ha muerto completamente quemado sin que haya ningún indicio de muerte violenta. El caso se archiva como accidente fortuíto. Veintidós años después llegará un abogado con la orden, por parte del nieto de Butler, de vender la casa. Esta venta reabrirá viejas heridas del pasado en las fuerzas vivas del pueblecito de nueva Inglaterra.
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Director of Photography
A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused and subsequent releases from jail. Dark and gritty, but not frightening.
They've Killed President Lincoln!
Director of Photography
The events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dramatized using simulated documentary footage.
Whaler out of New Bedford
Writer
Pictures made from an 1800-foot panorama painted in 1848 and authentic songs of the period sung and played by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacCall are used in portraying a whaling voyage around the world. Includes views of New Bedford, Mass., the Azores, Hawaii, Tahiti, the Alaskan whaling grounds, the Horn, and the harbors of Typee and Rio.
The Sand Castle
Special Effects
A little boy and his sister forced to spend a day at the beach build a sand castle, to the delight and interest of others. Rich black and white photography collides with a novel fantasy sequence combining color photography, stop motion and cutout animation. Equal parts Jacques Tati, A. Lamorisse and (Hill's perrenial favorite) C. G. Jung.