11 Facts About Ed Emshwiller

Edmund Alexander Emshwiller was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films.

Ed Emshwiller usually signed his illustrations as Emsh but sometimes used Ed Emsh, Ed Emsler, Willer and others.

Ed Emshwiller studied at the Art Students League of New York.

Thanatopsis, featuring brother Mac Ed Emshwiller and sharing the title with William Cullen Bryant's 1817 poem, was his first five-minute film.

In 1964, a Ford Foundation grant allowed Emshwiller to pursue his interest in film.

Ed Emshwiller was a cinematographer on documentaries, such as Emile de Antonio's Painters Painting, and feature films, such as Time of the Heathen and Adolfas Mekas' Hallelujah the Hills.

Ed Emshwiller won one of the inaugural Hugo Awards in 1953, as the previous year's best "Cover Artist".

Ed Emshwiller's papers are archived at the California Institute of Arts.

Family members, including his brother Maclellan Ed Emshwiller, often served as models in his illustrations.

Carol and Eve Ed Emshwiller can be seen on a Galaxy Science Fiction cover.

Ed Emshwiller died of cancer on July 27,1990, in Santa Clarita, California, where he was cremated.