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Ellen Hovde

Ellen Hovde

American film director, producer, and editor (1925–2023)

Ellen Margerethe Hovde (March 9, 1925 – February 16, 2023) was an American documentarian. She co-directed Grey Gardens with the Maysles brothers. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for producing the 2002 series Benjamin Franklin for PBS.[1][2]

Early life and education

Ellen Margerethe Hovde was born on March 9, 1925, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Her father, Brynjolf was the president of the New School for Social Research from 1945 to 1950. Her mother Therese was a nurse.[1]

In 1947, Hovde received a degree in theater from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. She then studied at the University of Oslo.[1]

Personal life and death

Hovde was married to Matthew Huxley from 1950 until their divorce in 1961. Together they had two children. She later remarried, to Adam Edward Giffard, but that marriage also ended in divorce.

She died at her home in Brooklyn from Alzheimer's disease on February 16, 2023, at the age of 97.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Genzlinger, Neil (July 11, 2023). "Ellen Hovde, 'Grey Gardens' Documentarian, Dies at 97" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. [2]
    Rosenthal, Alan; Hovde, Ellen (1978). "Ellen Hovde: An Interview". Film Quarterly. 32 (2): 8–17. doi:10.2307/1211936. JSTOR 1211936 – via JSTOR.
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