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Clockmaker

1971-01-0126 minEnglish

Clockmaker is a 1971 short film directed by Richard Gayer. It is a look at the one-man cottage industry of Martin Burgess, a man who has revived the medieval craft of ornamental clock-making and who is solely responsible, for his bizarre, often gargantuan , but always strikingly elegant timepieces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1973.

Film honors

  • Academy Awards· SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) (nominee)1974 · 1 nominated

Film honors

Academy Awards #46 (1974) · SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action) (nominee)

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