Harry Everett Smith

American visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian, mystic, and largely self-taught student of anthropology (1923–1991)

Person Human Q567152

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: May 29, 1923, March 29, 1923^[10]
Date of death: November 27, 1991, November 26, 1991^[11]
Place of birth: Portland
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[12]
Occupation: musicologist, archivist, film director, filmmaker, anthropologist, painter^[13]
Employer: Inkweed Studios^[14]
Award received: Grammy Awards^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[20]
Artist files at: Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library^[26]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[25]
Described by source: UbuWeb^[19]
Family name: Smith^[17]
Given name: Harry^[18]
Has works in the collection: Print Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art^[23]^[24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject New York Public Library^[22]
Represented by: Light Cone^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

en Harry Shunk en Smith, Harry, 1923-1991 en Harry Smith en Harry Everett Smith ar هاري سميث cs Harry Smith de Harry Smith fa هری اورت اسمیت ja ハリー・スミス zh 哈里·埃弗雷特·史密斯

🔖 Identifiers · 47

ISNI: 0000000081894464
VIAF cluster ID: 120730511
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n96000657
GND ID: 119472929
AbART person ID: 94612
Artist-info artist ID: 213573
BIBSYS ID: 6062717
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): SmithHarryEverett1923-1991
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14044078f
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12118100
DFK Paris person ID: 0002228626
Discogs artist ID: 562423

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Europeana entity: agent/base/152930
FAST ID: 367222
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_119472929
Freebase ID: /m/052s7m
HAND ID: 1982-98DE-B938-F969-EEE3
IMDb ID: nm0808421, nm9973379
IdRef ID: 081076134
J9U entity ID: 987012341272805171
Kinobox person ID: 908316
Le Delarge artist ID: 26649_artiste_SMITH_Harry
MYmovies person ID: 140892
MusicBrainz artist ID: e22ef130-802e-431c-94bb-016bb702f5ad
NL CR AUT ID: jx20100414013
NUKAT ID: n2019076179
National Library of Latvia ID: 000306563
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9812079925505606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5868687
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 237731398
Open Library ID: OL238498A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100512831
PORT person ID: 351104
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID: 31346
RERO ID (legacy): A022417355
Related category: Category:Films directed by Harry Everett Smith
SBN author ID: DDSV151968
SNAC ARK ID: w6pk1np3
SVKKL authority ID: 0306735-Smith-Harry-Everett-19231991
TMDB person ID: 1507069
Tabakalera ID: 126989, 66279
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500294089
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID: 14419
WikiTree person ID: Smith-335214
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PCjHMMyctmkcmyRCmvGbgYX
Yale LUX ID: person/12259de8-1d88-4dcc-a02c-7eb56322ea6d
ČSFD person ID: 15207

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Occupation 5

film director, archivist, anthropologist, musicologist, filmmaker

Award received 1

Grammy Awards

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Described by source 1

UbuWeb

Family name 1

Smith

Films directed 1

Early Abstractions

Given name 1

Harry

Has works in the collection 1

Whitney Museum of American Art

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Portland

Place of death 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

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Giełzów, Łódź Voivodeship

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Summary

Harry Everett Smith was born on May 29, 1923^[1], in Portland^[2]. He died on November 27, 1991^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a musicologist^[5], archivist^[6], film director^[7], filmmaker^[8], and anthropologist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Harry Everett Smith born?

Harry Everett Smith's place of birth was Portland^[2].

Where did Harry Everett Smith die?

Harry Everett Smith died in New York City^[4].

What did Harry Everett Smith do for work?

Harry Everett Smith worked as a musicologist^[5], archivist^[6], film director^[7], filmmaker^[8], and anthropologist^[9].

What awards did Harry Everett Smith receive?

Honors received include Grammy Awards^[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — place of birth (P19): Portland. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — place of death (P20): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — occupation (P106): musicologist. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — occupation (P106): archivist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — occupation (P106): film director. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — occupation (P106): filmmaker. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — occupation (P106): anthropologist. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — occupation (P106): painter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — employer (P108): Inkweed Studios. hyperallergic.com. hyperallergic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — award received (P166): Grammy Awards. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — date of birth (P569): May 29, 1923. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — date of birth (P569): March 29, 1923. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — date of death (P570): November 27, 1991. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — date of death (P570): November 26, 1991. IMDb. Retrieved 2019-11-24. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — family name (P734): Smith. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — given name (P735): Harry. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — described by source (P1343): UbuWeb. ubu.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10. ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — represented by (P1875): Light Cone. lightcone.org. Retrieved 2021-04-29. lightcone.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject New York Public Library. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — has works in the collection (P6379): Print Collection. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — has works in the collection (P6379): Whitney Museum of American Art. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2021-01-26. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Harry Everett Smith — artist files at (P9493): Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library. library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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8h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tabakalera ID → 126989, 66279

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PORT person ID → 351104

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HAND ID → 1982-98DE-B938-F969-EEE3

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21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0306735-Smith-Harry-Everett-19231991

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0306735-Smith-Harry-Everett-19231991, batch #259496"
24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tabakalera ID → 126989, 66279

Has works in the collection → Print Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art

Given name → Harry

Family name → Smith

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