Independent Films, Film Profiles
Why Man Creates
Why Man Creates is a 1968 animated short documentary film which discusses the nature of creativity. It was written by Saul Bass and Mayo Simon, and directed by Bass.The movie won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. An abbreviated version of it ran on the first-ever broadcast of CBS' 60 Minutes, on September 24, 1968.Why Man Creates focuses on the creative process and the different approaches taken to that process. It is divided into eight sections: The Edifice, Fooling Around, The Process, Judgement, A Parable, Digression, The Search, and The Mark.
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Language: English
Year of production: 1968
Length: 29 minutes
Country: United States
Directors:
Saul Bass
Producers:
Kaiser Aluminum, Saul Bass, & Associates
