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Larry Yust (November 3, 1930 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA)
His most significant contribution to educational film was through a finely crafted, intriguing, and intellectually stimulating series of dramatic films made for Encyclopaedia Britannica from roughly 1965-1975. Yust's 'Short Story Showcase' films are, we feel, one of the three great serial dramatic bodies of work of the 1965-1985 era of educational film, the others being the Robert Geller-produced "American Short Story" distributed by Perspective Films, and the fine continual series of dramatic films done by John Barnes from approximately 1959 through 1975. In addition to his film work, Yust is an accomplished photographer, as evidenced by his book Salvation Mountain: the Art of Leonard Knight (1998 New Leaf Press, ISBN 0-9660778-9-X).

Today, Yust continues to be engaged in new photography projects. His latest work involves photographic elevations, which "[are] made by moving in a line parallel to the face of the subject - walking on the opposite sidewalk of a Los Angeles street, or crouching at the rail of a Vaporetto traveling down the Grand Canal in Venice and snapping overlapping shots, with the camera always aimed directly at the subject on a line perpendicular to its face. Recording the images fifteen or thirty for each Elevation takes minutes. Fitting them together in the computer into a single image takes longer, typically two or three days of exacting work." These powerful images can be seen at: http://www.whatinternational.com/photos/photos.html His book, Metro: Photographic Elevations of Selected Paris Metro Stations was published by Ginko Press in 2004, where each open out into a three-foot wide panorama. His work was exhibited in the Louvre in 2005. Visit his website for more on his photos.

Yust, whose father Walter was the editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, was exposed to films (and filmmakers) at an early age, when his father took him to Hollywood on a business trip for the purpose of collecting data on the film industry for the encyclopaedia. Later attending Stanford University as a drama major, he became involved with the theatre department, singing first Gilbert and Sullivan, then onto contemporary musicals. He also developed an interest in set design, lighting, and directing. After military duty (television programming with Walter Reed Army Hospital as part of the Signal Corps' Army Pictorial Service), Yust further developed his craft at other television stations, most notably XETV, the ABC outlet in Tijuana.

Yust's film career began with a series of health and safety films for EB made in 1957, followed by a number of science shorts made in conjunction with Dr. Al Baez. He also made academic films for Wexler Films, televison dramas for PBS, and directed three feature films. He is best known for his outstanding films on dramatic themes. afana.org

Director (10 credits)
1986 ¡Di que sí!
1981 A Family Talks About Sex (Documentary short)
1979 Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter (TV Movie)
1979 Live or Die (Short)
1977 Testimonio de dos hombres (TV Mini-Series) (part 2)
1975 Doctors' Hospital (TV Series) (1 episode)
- And Sorrow for Angels (1975)
1974 Locos asesinos
1972 Trick Baby
1969 The Lottery (Short)
1967 The Secret Sharer
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OK Trick Baby (Larry Yust, 1972)