Eagle, Arnold

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1909-12

Death 1992-10-25

Nationality: Americans,

Language: English,

Biographical notes:

American photographer and cinematographer who collaborated with Hans Richter.

From the description of Arnold Eagle papers and film related to Hans Richter's Malevich animation, 1927-1981 (bulk 1970). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 415752040

American photographer who collaborated with Hans Richter.

From the description of Papers and films related to Hans Richter, 1929-1990 (bulk 1946-1981). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79888627

Biographical/Historical Note

A Hungarian-born photographer and cinematographer, Arnold Eagle is known for his documentary images of Jewish emigrant and urban life on the lower East Side of Manhattan. Eagle immigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1929 and accepted a position working for the WPA in 1935. During the 1940s he began working with the artist Roy Striker and was later sent as a still photographer and cameraman to Louisiana to work with Robert J. Flaherty on his film Louisana story . Prior to leaving for Louisiana, Eagle met Hans Richter, the German-born Dadaist and filmmaker, and began what would become a life-long friendship. They collaborated on a number of films including: Dreams that money can buy, 1944-1947, 8x8, 1950-1957, A Chess sonata in eight episodes for color film, 1954-1957, Chesscetera (Passionate Pastime), 1956-1957, Dadascope, 1956-1961, and the creation of an animation film, 1970-1971, based on Kasimir Malevich's script of 1927. Eagle became an instructor of cinematography at the New School for Social Research in 1955.

From the guide to the Arnold Eagle papers and films related to Hans Richter, 1927-1990, 1946-1981, (Getty Research Institute)