Ed Pincus

Edward Ralph Pincus (July 6, 1938 – November 5, 2013) studied philosophy and photography at Harvard, and began filmmaking in 1964, developing a direct cinema approach to social and political problems. He has producer-director-director of photography credits on eight of his films and has been cinematographer on more than a dozen additional films. Pincus also authored Guide to Filmmaking and co-authored The Filmmaker's Handbook (1984 & 1999). He was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Pincus started and developed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Film Section.

Feature films He filmed his early work on 16 mm film, initially in black & white.

The Axe in the Attic (2007). Directed by Ed Pincus and Lucia Small. A film about "the diaspora" of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Ed summarized this as "the distillation of a sixty-day road trip to document what happened to a country displaced, and the role of the filmmakers who bear witness."

One Cut, One Life (2014). Directed by Ed Pincus and Lucia Small. A film about life, love, loss, and art. It premiered at Full Frame Independent Film Festival in April 2014 and received a theatrical release in Summer 2015 in select cities.