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Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Butterfly Hill

Actor, Cinematographer, Producer

Born February 18, 1974 in Missouri, USA

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Julia "Butterfly" Hill is best known for living in a 180-foot-tall, 1,000-year-old California Redwood tree named "Luna" for 738 days between December 1997 and December 1999. Hill lived in the tree to prevent the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down. She lived in a small 6-by-8-foot treetop shelter, with a bucket tied to a rope to receive supplies from the ground.

The year before she began her tree-sitting experience, Hill had been in a severe car accident and spent many months in the hospital. After her recovery, she sold her business (a successful restaurant) and drove cross-county to embark on a spiritual quest. She eventually found herself in Humboldt County, California, where environmentalists were protesting the destruction of the redwood forest. Hill joined their cause and volunteered to sit in the tree for 30 days, but then decided to remain in the tree for two years.

In 1999, she came down from the tree after the Pacific Lumber Company agreed to preserve Luna and all trees within a 3-acre buffer zone. Unfortunately, shortly after Hill left the tree, Luna was vandalized with a chainsaw.

In 1999, Hill and other activists founded the organization Circle of Life. She now lives in Oakland, California.

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Filmography

Actor

26

Type

Year

We Want the Airwaves Poster

We Want the Airwaves Documentary2022Self

Histoires d'arbres Poster

Histoires d'arbres TV Series2015Self

Above All Else Poster

Above All Else Documentary2014Self

Who Bombed Judi Bari? Poster

Who Bombed Judi Bari? Documentary2012Self

1980s Earth First! The Antidote for Despair Documentary2011Self

Save the Farm Poster

Save the Farm Documentary2011Self - Environmental Activist

Death and Taxes Poster

Death and Taxes Documentary2010

Hempsters: Plant the Seed Poster

Hempsters: Plant the Seed Documentary2010Self

Welcome to Eden Poster

Welcome to Eden Documentary2009Self

Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action Poster

Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action Documentary2008Self

North Coast Earth First! Historical Retrospective and 2008 Update Documentary2008Self

South Central Farm: Oasis in a Concrete Desert. Poster

South Central Farm: Oasis in a Concrete Desert. Documentary2008Self - Activist

Natural Heroes Poster

Natural Heroes TV Series2004Self

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Poster

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! TV Series2003Self

Oleoducto, contaminación y pobreza. Documentary2002Self

The 16th Annual Genesis Awards Poster

The 16th Annual Genesis Awards TV Special2002Self - Presenter

Last Party 2000 Poster

Last Party 2000 Documentary2001Self

Tree Sit: The Art of Resistance Documentary2001Self

Butterfly Poster

Butterfly Documentary2000Self

The 14th Annual Genesis Awards TV Special2000Self - Special Guest

Beckmann Poster

Beckmann TV Series1999Self

Julia Butterfly Hill: Adventures in Treesitting Documentary1999Self

The Thin Green Line TV Series1999Self

The Tree Woman Documentary1999Self

Cry for the Forest Documentary1998Self

Luna: The Stafford Giant Tree-Sit Documentary1998Self

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4

Type

Year

Save the Farm Poster

Save the Farm Documentary2011

North Coast Earth First! Historical Retrospective and 2008 Update Documentary2008

The Snowbowl Effect Documentary2005

Fire in the Eyes Short Film1998

Cinematographer

1

Luna: The Stafford Giant Tree-Sit Documentary1998

Producer

1

Above All Else Poster

Above All Else Documentary2014

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