Ray Eames

Known for: Directing
Born: December 15, 1912, Sacramento, California, U.S.
Died: August 21, 1988
Movies: 56

Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames was an American artist and designer who worked in a variety of media. In creative partnership with her husband Charles Eames and the Eames Office, she was responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the fields of architecture, graphic design, textile design, film, and furniture.

Best-Known Movies

7.7

Powers of Ten

1977

7.0

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

2011

6.6

Bread

1953

7.5

Toccata for Toy Trains

1957

7.2

A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe

1968

5.8

House: After Five Years of Living

1955

5.8

Day of the Dead

1957

7.5

Symmetry

1961

6.0

The Fabulous Fifties

1960

7.0

Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street

1952

Filmography

2025	Out of the Picture	Self (archive footage)
2011	Eames: The Architect and the Painter	Self (archive footage)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1990	Solar Do-Nothing Machine	Director
1978	Cezanne	Director
1977	Powers of Ten	Director
1976	Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire	Director
1976	The World of Franklin and Jefferson: The Opening Of An Exhibition	Director
1975	Metropolitan Overview	Director
1974	Kepler's Laws	Director
1973	The World of Franklin and Jefferson	Director
1973	The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment	Director
1973	Nicholas Copernicus	Director
1973	Exponents: A Study in Generalization	Director
1972	Design Q & A	Director
1972	Computer Perspective	Director, Producer, Writer
1972	Alpha	Director
1972	Banana Leaf	Producer, Writer, Director
1972	Cable: The Immediate Future	Director
1971	Clown Face!	Director
1970	Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles Eames	Director
1970	The Black Ships	Director
1970	A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus	Director
1970	The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are	Director
1969	The Image of the City	Director
1969	Tops	Director
1968	A Computer Glossary	Director
1968	A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe	Director
1968	Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine	Director
1967	National Fisheries Center and Aquarium	Director
1966	View from the People Wall	Director
1965	The Smithsonian Institution	Director
1965	IBM at the Fair	Director
1965	The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache	Director
1961	Eratosthenes	Director, Writer, Producer
1961	Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem	Director, Producer
1961	Symmetry	Writer, Director, Producer
1961	2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers	Director
1961	Something About Functions	Director
1961	IBM Mathematics Peep Show	Director
1961	ECS (Eames Contact Storage)	Director
1960	The Fabulous Fifties	Director, Writer
1960	An Introduction to Feedback	Director
1960	Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair	Director
1958	The Expanding Airport	Director, Writer, Producer
1957	Toccata for Toy Trains	Producer, Director
1957	Day of the Dead	Director
1957	Tops (from Stars of Jazz)	Director
1957	The Information Machine	Director
1955	Textiles and Ornamental Arts of India	Director
1955	Two Baroque Churches in Germany	Director
1955	House: After Five Years of Living	Director
1953	Bread	Producer, Director, Writer
1953	A Communications Primer	Director
1952	Blacktop	Director
1952	Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street	Director
1950	Traveling Boy	Director

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