1. Timothy Asch was an American anthropologist, photographer, and ethnographic filmmaker.
13 Facts About Tim Asch
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Tim Asch is particularly known for his film The Ax Fight and his role with the USC Center for Visual Anthropology.
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Tim Asch was born in Southampton, New York and attended The Putney School.
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Tim Asch was known for his work as an ethnographic filmmaker on the Yanomami in conjunction with Napoleon Chagnon.
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Tim Asch worked in Indonesia with anthropologists Linda Connor, James J Fox and E Douglas Lewis.
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Tim Asch taught at New York University, Brandeis University, and Harvard University, and was a Research Fellow at the Australian National University prior to joining the University of Southern California in 1982.
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Tim Asch became the Director of the Center for Visual Anthropology after the death of founder Barbara Myerhoff.
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Tim Asch acted as Director of the Center for Visual Anthropology up until his death from cancer on October 3,1994.
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Tim Asch was a prolific filmmaker with an extensive list of more than 70 films to his credit.
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Tim Asch made most of his films for educational classroom use.
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Tim Asch often showed his films to students and edited them based on student feedback.
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In one semester, Asch edited The Ax Fight up to twenty five times to make it more understandable and ideal for teaching.
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Tim Asch was a proponent of using film as a research and archive tool.