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Charles Eames

Directing • 1907-06-17

Charles Eames was an American designer, architect and film maker. In creative partnership with his spouse, Ray Kaiser Eames, he was responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the field of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.

Known For

Powers of Ten

Powers of Ten

1977

Bread

Bread

1953

The Expanding Airport

The Expanding Airport

1958

Symmetry

Symmetry

1961

Toccata for Toy Trains

Toccata for Toy Trains

1957

A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe

A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe

1968

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Filmography

1990
Solar Do-Nothing MachineFilm
Director
1978
CezanneFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1977
Powers of TenFilm
Director
★ 7.7
1976
The World of Franklin and Jefferson: The Opening Of An ExhibitionFilm
Director
1976
Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman EmpireFilm
Director
1975
Metropolitan OverviewFilm
Director
1974
Kepler's LawsFilm
Director
1973
Nicholas CopernicusFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1973
Exponents: A Study in GeneralizationFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1973
The World of Franklin and JeffersonFilm
Director
1973
The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American ExperimentFilm
Director
1972
Design Q & AFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1972
AlphaFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1972
Banana LeafFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1972
Cable: The Immediate FutureFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1972
Computer PerspectiveFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1971
Clown Face!Film
Director
1970
The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They AreFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1970
The Black ShipsFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1970
A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis HaplusFilm
Director
1970
Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles EamesFilm
Director
1969
TopsFilm
Director
★ 8.3
1969
The Image of the CityFilm
Director
1968
A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the UniverseFilm
Director
★ 7.2
1968
A Computer GlossaryFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1968
Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference EngineFilm
Director
1967
National Fisheries Center and AquariumFilm
Director
1966
View from the People WallFilm
Director
1965
The Smithsonian InstitutionFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1965
IBM at the FairFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1965
The Singular Case of the Plural Green MustacheFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1961
SymmetryFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1961
Topology: Jordan's Curve TheoremFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1961
2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of NumbersFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1961
EratosthenesFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1961
Something About FunctionsFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1961
IBM Mathematics Peep ShowFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1961
ECS (Eames Contact Storage)Film
Director
1960
The Fabulous FiftiesFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1960
An Introduction to FeedbackFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1960
Kaleidoscope Jazz ChairFilm
Director
1958
The Expanding AirportFilm
Director
★ 8.5
1957
Toccata for Toy TrainsFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1957
The Information MachineFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1957
Day of the DeadFilm
Director
★ 5.8
1957
Tops (from Stars of Jazz)Film
Director
1955
House: After Five Years of LivingFilm
Director
★ 5.8
1955
Textiles and Ornamental Arts of IndiaFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1955
Two Baroque Churches in GermanyFilm
Director
1953
BreadFilm
Director
★ 6.6
1953
A Communications PrimerFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1952
Parade, or Here They Come Down Our StreetFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1952
BlacktopFilm
Director
★ 7.3
1950
Traveling BoyFilm
Director