Pollock (film) Smith. It was directed by Harris. This film was a long term dream of Ed Harris. After his father gave him a copy of Pollock's biography, he started thinking about the project, which took almost 10 years to bring to fruition. Filming took a mere 50 days with a six-week layoff after forty days so Harris could take time to gain thirty pounds and grow a beard. Harris himself did all the painting seen in the film. "Pollock" received positive reviews from critics and has a "certified fresh" score of 81% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 108 reviews with an
James Pollock (artist) of the Black Hills (ABH), an association of professional artists and other interested parties that organized in 2005. In August, 2018, Pollock was named the Harvey Dunn Award winner at a Plein Air painting competition in DeSmet, South Dakota. Eighty-three artists from six states competed for the honor. Harvey Dunn, born on a homestead farm near DeSmet, was a successful illustrator, teacher, and was selected by the American Expeditionary Forces as an official artist during WWI. The Harvey Dunn Society acknowledges his legacy through this annual award. In October, 2018, Pollock, in collaboration with poet Steve Boint, published a book