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.

Career Overview

Charles Eames has 74 screen credits in a career dating back to 1950. Signature works include Nicholas Copernicus, The Fabulous Fifties, Solar Do-Nothing Machine. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 74

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

John S. Ragin (1 collaborations)
Rex Harrison (1 collaborations)
Julie Andrews (1 collaborations)
Elaine May (1 collaborations)
Mike Nichols (1 collaborations)
Dick Van Dyke (1 collaborations)
Shelley Berman (1 collaborations)
Henry Fonda (1 collaborations)
Betty Comden (1 collaborations)
Adolph Green (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (3 credits)
- Eames: The Architect and the Painter
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Design Q & A
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Toccata for Toy Trains
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
directing (54 credits)
- Solar Do-Nothing Machine
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- Cezanne
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Powers of Ten
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- The World of Franklin and Jefferson: The Opening Of An Exhibition
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Metropolitan Overview
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Kepler's Laws
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- The World of Franklin and Jefferson
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Nicholas Copernicus
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Exponents: A Study in Generalization
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Design Q & A
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Banana Leaf
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Alpha
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Computer Perspective
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Cable: The Immediate Future
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Clown Face!
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1971
- Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles Eames
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- The Black Ships
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- The Image of the City
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- Tops
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- A Computer Glossary
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- National Fisheries Center and Aquarium
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- View from the People Wall
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1966
- The Smithsonian Institution
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1965
- IBM at the Fair
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1965
- The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1965
- Eratosthenes
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- 2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- Symmetry
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- Something About Functions
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- ECS (Eames Contact Storage)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- IBM Mathematics Peep Show
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- The Fabulous Fifties
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- An Introduction to Feedback
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- The Expanding Airport
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Toccata for Toy Trains
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- The Information Machine
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Tops (from Stars of Jazz)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Day of the Dead
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Textiles and Ornamental Arts of India
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Two Baroque Churches in Germany
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- House: After Five Years of Living
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Bread
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- A Communications Primer
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Blacktop
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Traveling Boy
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
production (8 credits)
- Banana Leaf
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1972
- Computer Perspective
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1972
- Eratosthenes
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1961
- Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1961
- Symmetry
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1961
- The Expanding Airport
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1958
- Toccata for Toy Trains
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
- Bread
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1953
writing (8 credits)
- Banana Leaf
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1972
- Computer Perspective
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1972
- Eratosthenes
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1961
- 2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1961
- Symmetry
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1961
- The Fabulous Fifties
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1960
- The Expanding Airport
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1958
- Bread
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1953
camera (1 credits)
- House: After Five Years of Living
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1955