American artist, filmmaker, writer, teacher, and social activist (1970–2007)
For the art historian, see Helen Hills. For the location in New York State, see Helen Hill Historic District.
Helen Hill
Hill in New Orleans in 2006
Born
Helen Wingard Hill
(1970-05-09)May 9, 1970
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Died
January 4, 2007(2007-01-04) (aged 36)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Film director, animator, songwriter
Spouse
Paul Gailiunas
(m. 1995)
Children
1
Helen Wingard Hill (May 9, 1970 – January 4, 2007) was an American artist, filmmaker, writer, teacher, and social activist. When her final film, The Florestine Collection, was released in 2011, curators and critics praised her work and legacy, describing her, for example, as "one of the most well-regarded experimental animators of her generation".[1]
Hill's death at the age of 36 brought considerable media attention. In 2007, an unidentified intruder shot and killed her in her New Orleans home. Her death (one of six murders in the city that day), coupled with the murder a week before of New Orleans musician Dinerral Shavers, sparked civic outrage. Thousands marched against the rampant and continuing post-Katrina violence in New Orleans. This "March Against Violence on City Hall" drew significant press coverage throughout the United States and beyond. However, in the years following that tragic notoriety, Hill's life and creative work have been widely celebrated, with her films continuing to circulate to a degree they did not during her lifetime. In 2012, Daniel Eagan wrote about Hill as one of "Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry".[2]
^Quotation from Los Angeles Filmforum's description of The Florestine Collection screening at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on December 11, 2011. The 49th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour – Program B Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine See also the 2011 Ann Arbor Film Festival program Archived 2011-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. As of Feb. 7, 2015, these two web pages are defunct, however the anonymous quotation remains documented as part of the Brown Paper Tickets site referencing the Los Angeles Filmforum screening of Dec. 11, 2011, "The 49th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour – Program 2."
^Daniel Eagan, "Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry," Smithsonian.com, June 13, 2012.
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