William Heick
Quick Facts
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Country
- American
- Born
- –
- Type
- Individual
About William Heick
William Heick was a San Francisco-based photographer and filmmaker. He is best known for his ethnographic photographs and documentary films of North American Indian cultures.
William Heick was a San Francisco-based photographer and filmmaker. He is best known for his ethnographic photographs and documentary films of North American Indian cultures. Heick served as producer-director and chief cinematographer for the Anthropology Department of the University of California, Berkeley on their National Science Foundation supported American Indian Film Project. His photographs capture the life and culture of Native Americans from the Kwakiutl, Kashaya Pomo, Hupa, Navajo, Blackfoot and Sioux. He filmed a number of award winning films in this series along with the documentaries Pomo Shaman and Sucking Doctor, a Pomo doctoring ceremony considered by anthropologists to be one of the most complete and outstanding films of an aboriginal ceremony made to date.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where is William Heick based?
William Heick is based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
When was William Heick born?
William Heick was born in 1916 and died in 2012.
What is William Heick's nationality?
William Heick is American.