Charles Eames

Biography

Charles Eames was an American designer, architect and film maker. In creative partnership with his spouse, Ray Kaiser Eames, he was responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the field of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.

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Powers of Ten

(1977) Director

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The Fabulous Fifties

(1960) Writer

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National Fisheries Center and Aquarium

(1967) Director

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Design Q & A

(1972) Director

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Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem

(1961) Director

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A Computer Glossary

(1968) Director

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House: After Five Years of Living

(1955) Director

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A Communications Primer

(1951) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2011	Himself	Eames: The Architect and the Painter 2011-11-18 Movie
1972	Self	Design Q & A 1972-12-31 Movie
1957	Narrator	Toccata for Toy Trains 1957-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1990	Director	Solar Do-Nothing Machine 1990-06-13 Movie
1978	Director	Cezanne 1978-01-01 Movie
	Director	Lucia Chase Vignette 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Director	Powers of Ten 1977-06-04 Movie
1976	Director	Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	The World of Franklin and Jefferson: The Opening Of An Exhibition 1976-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	Kepler's Laws 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	Nicholas Copernicus 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	Exponents: A Study in Generalization 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	The World of Franklin and Jefferson 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Director	Design Q & A 1972-12-31 Movie
	Director	SX-70 1972-04-04 Movie
	Director	Computer Perspective 1972-01-01 Movie
	Director	Alpha 1972-01-01 Movie
	Director	Banana Leaf 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Director	Clown Face! 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Director	Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles Eames 1970-12-31 Movie
	Director	The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are 1970-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Black Ships 1970-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus 1970-01-01 Movie
1969	Director	The Image of the City 1969-12-01 Movie
	Director	Tops 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Director	A Computer Glossary 1968-04-05 Movie
	Director	A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Director	National Fisheries Center and Aquarium 1967-01-01 Movie
1965	Director	The Smithsonian Institution 1965-09-01 Movie
	Director	The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache 1965-01-01 Movie
	Director	IBM at the Fair 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	Director	THINK 1964-04-22 Movie
1961	Director	Eratosthenes 1961-04-04 Movie
	Director	Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem 1961-03-26 Movie
	Director	Symmetry 1961-03-22 Movie
	Director	2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers 1961-03-22 Movie
	Director	Something About Functions 1961-03-01 Movie
	Director	IBM Mathematics Peep Show 1961-01-01 Movie
1960	Director	The Fabulous Fifties 1960-01-22 Movie
	Director	An Introduction to Feedback 1960-01-01 Movie
	Director	Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair 1960-01-01 Movie
1959	Director	Glimpses of the USA 1959-01-01 Movie
1958	Director	The Expanding Airport 1958-01-01 Movie
1957	Director	Day of the Dead 1957-01-01 Movie
	Director	Toccata for Toy Trains 1957-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Information Machine 1957-01-01 Movie
	Director	Tops (from Stars of Jazz) 1957-01-01 Movie
1956	Director	Eames Lounge Chair 1956-01-01 Movie
1955	Director	Textiles and Ornamental Arts of India 1955-04-25 Movie
	Director	Two Baroque Churches in Germany 1955-03-01 Movie
	Director	House: After Five Years of Living 1955-01-01 Movie
1954	Director	S-73 (Sofa Compact) 1954-01-01 Movie
1953	Director	Bread 1953-01-01 Movie
1952	Director	Blacktop 1952-01-02 Movie
	Director	Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street 1952-01-01 Movie
1951	Director	A Communications Primer 1951-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1972	Producer	Computer Perspective 1972-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Banana Leaf 1972-01-01 Movie
1957	Producer	Toccata for Toy Trains 1957-01-01 Movie
1953	Producer	Bread 1953-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1972	Writer	Computer Perspective 1972-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Banana Leaf 1972-01-01 Movie
1961	Writer	Symmetry 1961-03-22 Movie
	Writer	2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers 1961-03-22 Movie
1960	Writer	The Fabulous Fifties 1960-01-22 Movie
1958	Writer	The Expanding Airport 1958-01-01 Movie
1956	Writer	Eames Lounge Chair 1956-01-01 Movie
1953	Writer	Bread 1953-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1955	Director of Photography	House: After Five Years of Living 1955-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv