Movies: Charles Eames

The movie "Clown Face" offers a very rare glimpse into the backstage private world of Circus Clowns. Here, you can look behind the curtain. You will see the clowns in their backstage habitat, Clown Alley, preparing for a circus performance...

Based on an existing slide show the Eames Office had made about the exhibition, A Computer Perspective (produced for IBM in 1971). The film is a visual survey of the collection of artifacts, ideas, events and memorabilia displayed in the exhibition ...

In 1957, Charles and Ray designed the Solar Do-Nothing Machine for Alcoa, the Aluminum Company of America. True to the Eameses’ belief that toys are not as innocent as they appear, the machine was one of the first uses of solar power to produce elec...

A parable, photographed in live-action, about the use of eating utensils in India. Doubling as a social commentary, this film also examines the significance and status that people attach to their artifacts....

Created as a demonstration of multi-disciplinary thinking, this film was produced in association with UCLA Mathematics professor, Ray Redheffer. With the exclusive use of storytelling through animation this lively and exuberant presentation of the “a...

A short film of the opening of the last museum exhibition prepared by the Eames. The exhibition was called "The World of Franklin and Jefferson" and was to celebrate the bicentennial of the American Revolution....

A live-action film of a rare sea creature. The tiny transparent life form (only 5/8″ high) has only rarely been observed in its natural habitat. The remarkable Eames macro-photography provides an intimate view of the animal and demonstrates the creat...

The process of manufacturing fiberglass chairs is shown through visuals only, with no narration....

This film was made by the Eamses on a weeks notice for a local Los Angeles TV show where jazz musicians improvised to the images live. The music that overlays the released edition is specifically recorded for that edition....

The Eames design philosophy presented in the form of a series of questions posed by a curator at the Louvre and answered by Charles Eames....

Using children's toys and drawings, a parade is created....

This film traces the design development of the Eames Sofa Compact, which folds for easy flat-pack shipping. The film, one of the first Charles and Ray made for Herman Miller, starts in a rail yard, where we discover that volume is more expensive than...

Lucia Eames chases a little boy after he steals her diary. It is one of 6 shorts made to display the use of Polavision....

Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite....

This film reveals design proposals for the IBM pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It incorporates photography and animation to present the concepts, architecture, and overall look of the pavilion and to convey an impression of the exhibition...

Documentary short...