Ed Emshwiller

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  • Legal Name: Emshwiller, Edmund Alexander
  • Place of Birth: East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • Date of Birth: February 16, 1925
  • Date of Death: July 27, 1990

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Born in Lansing Michigan, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947. He moved to Paris after graduation, where he studied at Ecole de Beaux Arts with his new wife Carol Fries, who later wrote SF as %%A,Carol Emshwiller%%. After receiving a Ford Foundation grant in 1964 for film work, he left the his art career and devoted himself fulltime to film work. He joined the faculty of the School of Film and Video at the California Institute of Arts, where he eventually become dean of the film school.

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  • 0000. Emshwiller Infinity x Two: The Life and Art of Ed and Carol Emshwiller - Hugo Award, Best Related Book (Nomination)
  • 0000. Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller - Locus Poll Award, Best Art or Illustrated Book (Nomination)
  • 0000. Cover: Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Artwork (Nomination)

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