Filmmaker: George Merz

Merz pictured in Movie Makers, June 1952, 142.

George Merz

Dates active:

1938-?

Club Affiliation

Amateur Cinema League

Amateur Movie Society of Bergen County

Metropolitan Motion Picture Club of New York

Miami Movie Makers Club

Passaic Cinema Club

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1947 - Honorable Mention General Class
ACL Ten Best 1950
ACL Ten Best 1951 - Honorable Mention
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest 1952 - Honorable Mention
PSA Ten Best 1958 - Honorable Mention
PSA Ten Best 1962 - Honorable Mention
PSA Ten Best 1965 - Honorable Mention

Films:

Ringside Seats at Home (1947)

Circus Time (1950)

In the Sky Over Miami (1949)

Movie News Scoops (1951)

Old World Charm (1958)

It Started as Bridge (1962)

Tokyo Olympics, The (1964)

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Profession:

Engineer

Biographical Notes:

From Hollywood, Florida. Related to Lillian Merz (likely married).

Bibliographic Resources:

PSA Journal, Nov. 1958, 47. PSA Journal, Oct. 1962, 35. PSA Journal, Sept. 1965, 49.
See a biography of Merz in Movie Makers (June 1952, 154).