1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1909–1968 · UNITED STATES
Robert Burks
Elegant suspense photography for Alfred Hitchcock.
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1968
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1958Vertigo
- 1954Rear Window
- 1959North by Northwest
- 1951Strangers on a Train
WHY THEY MATTER
Alfred Hitchcock's cinematographer from Strangers on a Train, which brought his first Academy Award nomination, to Marnie.
THE LIFE
Burks was born in Chino, California, and started at Warner Brothers as a camera operator at nineteen, later running the special photographic effects unit. Alfred Hitchcock hired him for Strangers on a Train, which brought his first Academy Award nomination. He went on to shoot Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, The Birds and Marnie for Hitchcock. He and his wife died in a house fire in 1968.
Also born in 1900–1929
1901–1996 · United States · Cinematographer
John Alton
Hard shadows and pools of light that defined film noir.
T-Men, 1947Source: Wikipedia
1901–1974 · United States · Cinematographer
Leon Shamroy
Bold Technicolor of the Fox studio era.
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945Source: Wikipedia
1902–1998 · United Kingdom · Cinematographer
Freddie Young
Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Source: Wikipedia
1902–2000 · Italy · Cinematographer
Otello Martelli
Neorealist grit that opened up into Fellini's nocturnal spectacle.
La Dolce Vita, 1960Source: Wikipedia
1904–1948 · United States · Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Deep focus, with near and far planes sharp at once.
Citizen Kane, 1941Source: Wikipedia