Directing

Paul Burnford

Born — Died

1914-07-19 — 1999-03-28

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Paul Burnford was a British-born American director, cinematographer, and educator. He began his career in the British film industry before relocating to the United States, where he directed and photographed numerous short films and documentaries. Notable works include Adventures of Rusty (1945) and Storm (1943), a short film examining the impact of severe weather. Beyond his filmmaking endeavors, Burnford authored instructional books on cinematography, such as Filming for Amateurs, contributing to the education of aspiring filmmakers. His multifaceted career left a lasting impact on both the British and American film industries.

Known for

Jamboree poster
NR

While riding on horseback with fellow actor Bill Demarest near the vast Irvine Ranch in Southern California, Jimmy Stewart pauses to explain that Irvine will be the location of the 1953 Boy Scout Jamboree.

Jamboree

1954

No artwork available
10.0

This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.

It Looks Like Rain

1945

Fall Guy poster
8.0

Part of the Crime Does Not Pay short series.

Fall Guy

1945

Adventures of Rusty poster
6.3

Fearing that his recently-acquired step-mother, Ann Dennis, is competing with him for his father's affections, and saddened by the death of his dog, young Danny Mitchell seeks consolation in the companionship of a ferocious, Nazi-trained police dog, Rusty, brought to the U.S. by a returning WWII-veteran. The step-mother, with tender understanding, eventually wins Danny over while Danny pacifies his new dog.

Adventures of Rusty

1945

Time in the Sun poster
6.0

Second attempt to create a feature film out of the 200,000-plus feet of film which Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein shot during 1931-32 in Mexico for American socialist author Upton Sinclair, his wife and a small company of investors. The projected film, to be called "Que Viva Mexico", was never completed due to exhaustion of funds and Stalin's demand that Eisenstein return to the USSR (he had been absent since 1929). The first attempt at editing the footage, in the USA, resulted in "Thunder Over Mexico", released in 1934. In 1940, Marie Seton, from the UK, acquired some of the footage from the Sinclairs in an attempt to make a better cutting according to Eisenstein's skeletal outline for the proposed film. This film has apparently been lost.

Time in the Sun

1940

Rhythm and Movement in Art poster
NR

This film explores the fundamental role of rhythm and movement in art, drawing parallels between natural phenomena and artistic creation. It demonstrates how artists utilize various elements like line, color, light, and form to evoke a sense of rhythm and motion. Through examples from different art forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, and film, the transcript highlights techniques such as repetition, alternation, and accent to create dynamic visual experiences that engage the viewer's eye and imbue static works with life.

Rhythm and Movement in Art

1969

Film credits

Behind the camera

Jamboree poster
NR

While riding on horseback with fellow actor Bill Demarest near the vast Irvine Ranch in Southern California, Jimmy Stewart pauses to explain that Irvine will be the location of the 1953 Boy Scout Jamboree.

Jamboree

1954

No artwork available
10.0

This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.

It Looks Like Rain

1945

Fall Guy poster
8.0

Part of the Crime Does Not Pay short series.

Fall Guy

1945

Adventures of Rusty poster
6.3

Fearing that his recently-acquired step-mother, Ann Dennis, is competing with him for his father's affections, and saddened by the death of his dog, young Danny Mitchell seeks consolation in the companionship of a ferocious, Nazi-trained police dog, Rusty, brought to the U.S. by a returning WWII-veteran. The step-mother, with tender understanding, eventually wins Danny over while Danny pacifies his new dog.

Adventures of Rusty

1945

Time in the Sun poster
6.0

Second attempt to create a feature film out of the 200,000-plus feet of film which Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein shot during 1931-32 in Mexico for American socialist author Upton Sinclair, his wife and a small company of investors. The projected film, to be called "Que Viva Mexico", was never completed due to exhaustion of funds and Stalin's demand that Eisenstein return to the USSR (he had been absent since 1929). The first attempt at editing the footage, in the USA, resulted in "Thunder Over Mexico", released in 1934. In 1940, Marie Seton, from the UK, acquired some of the footage from the Sinclairs in an attempt to make a better cutting according to Eisenstein's skeletal outline for the proposed film. This film has apparently been lost.

Time in the Sun

1940

Rhythm and Movement in Art poster
NR

This film explores the fundamental role of rhythm and movement in art, drawing parallels between natural phenomena and artistic creation. It demonstrates how artists utilize various elements like line, color, light, and form to evoke a sense of rhythm and motion. Through examples from different art forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, and film, the transcript highlights techniques such as repetition, alternation, and accent to create dynamic visual experiences that engage the viewer's eye and imbue static works with life.

Rhythm and Movement in Art

1969

Rhythm and Movement in Art poster
NR

This film explores the fundamental role of rhythm and movement in art, drawing parallels between natural phenomena and artistic creation. It demonstrates how artists utilize various elements like line, color, light, and form to evoke a sense of rhythm and motion. Through examples from different art forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, and film, the transcript highlights techniques such as repetition, alternation, and accent to create dynamic visual experiences that engage the viewer's eye and imbue static works with life.

Rhythm and Movement in Art

1969

Rhythm and Movement in Art poster
NR

This film explores the fundamental role of rhythm and movement in art, drawing parallels between natural phenomena and artistic creation. It demonstrates how artists utilize various elements like line, color, light, and form to evoke a sense of rhythm and motion. Through examples from different art forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, and film, the transcript highlights techniques such as repetition, alternation, and accent to create dynamic visual experiences that engage the viewer's eye and imbue static works with life.

Rhythm and Movement in Art

1969

Return from Nowhere poster
6.0

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

Return from Nowhere

1944

Dark Shadows poster
8.9

A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.

Dark Shadows

1944

Patrolling the Ether poster
7.0

1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US, doing it purely as a fun hobby. He is informed by Bill Beck of the Radio and Intelligence Division (RID) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that amateur international radio communication is now banned due to spying a result of the war in Europe. Beck, on behalf of the RID, asks Phillip, however, to continue to monitor the airwaves for suspicious activity.

Patrolling the Ether

1944

Basketball is Fun poster
NR

Everyone should hang out with Basketball! Basketball’s mom thinks Basketball is really cool, no matter what the kids at school say!

Basketball is Fun

1949

Art, People, Feelings poster
NR

The relationship between human emotions and the art created is illustrated by a selection of artistic works which span all periods of history and a variety of subjects. Shows ways in which artists use many materials and methods to translate their personal feelings into visual forms: murals, landscapes, portraits, posters, billboards, abstract paintings, cartoons, pop art, sculpture and motion pictures.

Art, People, Feelings

1971

Color poster
5.0

Designed to create a heightened awareness of color in our environment. Avoids theoretical analysis, emphasizing instead the sensuous and emotional appeal of color and its power to influence vision and feeling. Features an avant-garde auto harp soundtrack by Werner Bracher.

Color

1968

Color poster
5.0

Designed to create a heightened awareness of color in our environment. Avoids theoretical analysis, emphasizing instead the sensuous and emotional appeal of color and its power to influence vision and feeling. Features an avant-garde auto harp soundtrack by Werner Bracher.

Color

1968

Storm poster
6.5

A look at how the weather bureau tries to warn farmers and businessmen about approaching large storms. Although some precautions can be taken to lessen their impact, storms have to run their course, and there is really not much we can do about them.

Storm

1943

Beyond LSD poster
NR

Educational film for parents to discuss LSD with their children.

Beyond LSD

1967

Beyond LSD poster
NR

Educational film for parents to discuss LSD with their children.

Beyond LSD

1967

Little White Lie poster
6.0

An orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.

Little White Lie

1945

The Factory: How a Product is Made poster
NR

This documentary, produced by Paul Burnford, features how products are made in factories. It uses an example of a jack-in-the-box produced by Mattel.

The Factory: How a Product is Made

1956

No artwork available
7.0

This Carey Wilson Miniature tells the true story of a humble YMCA worker, Asa K. Jennings (Louis Jean Heydt), who lived a productive life for 27 years after medical science doomed him to death. Jennings had a hand in saving 350,000 lives during the evacuation of Smyrna in 1922.

Strange Destiny

1945

Life On a Dead Tree poster
NR

Dave and Tommy have found an old dead tree in the woods. As they explore it, they find that it is the home of many different plants and animals such as lizards, beetles, crickets, slugs, fungus plants, tree salamanders, ants and gopher snakes.

Life On a Dead Tree

1957

No artwork available
NR

Susan and Ted are creating an insect zoo, learning about various insects.

Insect Zoo

1950