Filmmaker: William Palmer

Palmer (right) pictured with Ernest Page in American Cinematographer, Jan. 1933, 29.

William Palmer

Club Affiliation

Amateur Cinema League

San Francisco Cinema Club

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1930, ACL Ten Best 1935 - Honorable Mention
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest 1932 - First Place
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest 1932 - Equipment Prize, Bell & Howell Company, Filmo 70DA Camera or a Filmo J. L. Projector
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest 1932 - Equipment Prize, Max Factor Make-up Studios, Make-up kit
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest 1932 - Equipment Prize, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Model B Cine Voice Home Movie Talking Machine
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest 1932 - Equipment Prize, Home Movie Scenarios Inc. one scenario. choice of one HMS matte box, choice of any HMS filter and one HMS scene slate
IAC FIlm Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Films:

Choosing a Scenario (1935)

Wages of Cinema (1969)

Operation on the Brain (1930)

Tarzan Jr. (1931)

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Biographical Notes:

From Palo Alto, California. Attended Stanford University, ca. 1929-1933.

Bibliographic Resources:

Movie Makers, Dec. 1930, 758, 759. Miller, Llewellyn. "Amateur Films Show Ingenuity.",Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, Dec. 9, 1932, 1930, 6. American Cinematographer, Jan. 1933, 28. Page, Ernest W. and William A. Palmer. American Cinematographer, Jan. 1933, 29, 43.