Judith Bronowski
Judith Bronowski
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The Powers of Ten: a Rough Sketch (1968). Researched, developed, and animated this award-winning film for the Office of Charles and Ray Eames. The base photograph consists of a man lying on the ground in Miami, Florida. An updated version of the film was later distributed in 1978.
Pedro Linares: Artesano de Cartón (Papier Maché' Artist) (1975). Co-produced, co-directed, and wrote this story of the maker of 'alebrijes', fantastic colorful monsters, who passed away in 1992.
Sabina Sanchez: Artesano Bordadora (The Art of Embroidery) (1976). Judith co-produced, co-directed, and wrote this profile of a Oaxacan embroidery artist. While not as well-known as Manuel Jiménez or the Linares family, this embroiderer from San Antonino, Oaxaca shows us how this ubiquitous and detailed work is made.
Manuel Jiménez: Artesano de Madera (Wood Carver) (1977). Co-produced, co-directed, and wrote this study of the now very famous artist from Oaxaca.
Marcelo Ramos: Artesano Pirotécnico (The Firework Maker's Art) (1980). This is the hands-down winner of the Most Subversive Film Ever-To-Be-Shown-To-Schoolchildren award. There’s no telling how many US schoolkids went home and started playing with matches, gasoline, and black powder after seeing the Ramos family from San Pedro Zumpango, Mexico build their mighty rockets for the La Purísima Concepción festival. Even grandma gets involved, weaving fuses, and the two-year olds are running around stuffing powder in tubes. My favorite? How about the wooden-barrel mixer, powered by a really sparky old electrical wire... also of note are the elaborate and beautiful fireworks called castillos.
Snow Motion (1982). Produced, directed, and wrote a promotional film on snowmobiling in Yellowstone for Yamaha.
A Tribute to Jan de Swart (1987). A short film set to music shows the house and hand-built art/furniture/sculpture of this reclusive California craftsman.
Judith also produced Jonas Salk - Personally Speaking (1998) for KPBS San Diego. Aired initially on July 1, 1998, this half-hour TV profile includes elaborate archival material on the development of the polio vaccine, and numerous sound bites from family and colleagues. Gives an intimate dimension to Salk, including archival interviews with Salk himself and information about his life after the polio heroics.