George W. Hill

George William Hill (April 25, 1895 – August 10, 1934) was an American film director and cinematographer. He began his film career at age 13 as a stagehand with director D. W. Griffith. A cinematographer of silent films known for his skill in lighting female stars, he worked on a series of independently produced features for Mae Marsh and others in the postwar WWI years and was eventually recruited by the burgeoning major studios to be a director, beginning in 1920. Hill directed The Midnight Express (1924), which the New York Times noted was "...a far better production than one is apt to gather from the title..." and also that "...the story is unfolded with skill and imagination." Through the following years, Hill's directing career...