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Arthur Hiller fonds
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3 cm of textual records and other materials
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Arthur Hiller was born in Edmonton in 1923 and graduated from Victoria Composite High School. After serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War and graduating from the University of Toronto with a Master's Degree in Psychology, Mr. Hiller began working in Canadian film and television with CBC. In the mid-1950s, he left the CBC and went to the United States to work in American television. Mr. Hiller directed episodes of several prominent television shows before directing his first feature film in 1957. Since 1957, Mr. Hiller has directed over 35 feature length films including Love Story (1970), The Americanization of Emily (1964), and The Babe (1992). Mr. Hiller served two terms as the President of the Directors Guild of America, four terms as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and is a member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. In 2002, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Arthur Hiller with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 74th Academy Awards. Also in 2002, Mr. Hiller was honoured as the Edmonton Hadassah -- WIZO Man of the Year.
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The fonds consists of materials relating to the life of Arthur Hiller, collected and created from 1996- 2006. The fonds consists of photocopied newspaper clippings, programs celebrating Mr. Hiller's accomplishments, copies of photographs of Mr. Hiller's childhood, and other materials.
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Includes 24 photographs, 1 CD ROM, 1 audiocassette, 2 videocassettes.
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Donated by Arthur Hiller in 2002, other materials collected by JAHSENA.
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- The material is in English.
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Record No. HIL.02.1<br><br>
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- Hiller, Arthur (Subject)