Robert Burks
Cunoscut Pentru
Camera
Born
July 4, 1909 (age 116)
Birth Place
Chino Hills, California, USA
Died
May 13, 1968
Biografie
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Robert Burks, A.S.C. (July 4, 1909 – May 11, 1968) was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre and equally at home with black-and-white or color.
Burks began his career as a special effects technician in the late 1930s before becoming a director of photography in the mid-1940s. His first credit in this field was Jammin' the Blues (1944), a short film featuring leading jazz musicians of the day.
Burks collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on twelve of the director's films. Beginning with Strangers on a Train in 1951 (which secured him an Oscar nomination) through Marnie in 1964, he shot every Hitchcock film except Psycho in 1960. Additional credits include The Fountainhead, Beyond the Forest, The Glass Menagerie, The Spirit of St. Louis, The Music Man, and A Patch of Blue.
Burks and his wife died in a house fire in 1968 in Huntington Harbor, California.
Robert Burks, A.S.C. (July 4, 1909 – May 11, 1968) was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre and equally at home with black-and-white or color.
Burks began his career as a special effects technician in the late 1930s before becoming a director of photography in the mid-1940s. His first credit in this field was Jammin' the Blues (1944), a short film featuring leading jazz musicians of the day.
Burks collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on twelve of the director's films. Beginning with Strangers on a Train in 1951 (which secured him an Oscar nomination) through Marnie in 1964, he shot every Hitchcock film except Psycho in 1960. Additional credits include The Fountainhead, Beyond the Forest, The Glass Menagerie, The Spirit of St. Louis, The Music Man, and A Patch of Blue.
Burks and his wife died in a house fire in 1968 in Huntington Harbor, California.
Filmografie
Waterhole #3
1967 — director of photography
A Patch of Blue
1965 — director of photography
Once a Thief
1965 — director of photography
Marnie
1964 — director of photography
The Birds
1963 — director of photography
The Music Man
1962 — director of photography
The Pleasure of His Company
1961 — cinematography
The Pleasure of His Company
1961 — director of photography
The Great Impostor
1960 — director of photography
The Rat Race
1960 — director of photography
But Not for Me
1959 — director of photography
North by Northwest
1959 — director of photography