Albert Kihn
Albert Carl Kihn (born May 25, 1932 in Alameda , California , † March 13, 1974 in Inyo County , California) was an American cameraman .
Life
Kihn graduated from the University of California with a degree in cinematography and worked as a cameraman with the United States Army Signal Corps during the Korean War . He then worked as a cameraman at KRON-TV for several years until he resigned in 1968. Together with Blanche Streeter, a former employee of the San Francisco Chronicle , Kihn filed a complaint against KRON-TV with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in December 1969 and protested against the extension of the broadcaster's license on the grounds that it was the broadcaster's parent company who have favourited Chronicle Publishing Co., had an undue monopoly over the mass communication media in the San Francisco Bay Area . They alleged that the company hired newscasters to avoid certain types of news and to cover others that served the private interests of Chronicle Publishing Co. better. KRON-TV then commissioned private detectives to investigate Kihn and Streeter. The FCC ruled in favor of Chronicle Publishing Co. and extended KRON-TV's license in May 1973. Kihn and Streeter appealed, but the appeal was abandoned in 1975 after Kihn's wife and Streeter received a settlement of $ 150,000 to cover their legal costs .
In the late 1960s, Kihn became a freelance cameraman. He worked u. a. with Johnny Cash , with George Lucas on THX 1138 (1971), with Richard T. Heffron on the concert documentary Fillmore: The Last Days (1972), on three episodes of the National Geographic Specials (1971–1974) and on the animal documentary The Pairings of Animals (1974).
On March 13, 1974, at the age of 41, Kihn was killed along with 35 other members of a television crew in a plane crash near Bishop in Inyo County, California.
literature
- Anonymous: Obituaries: Funeral Rites Pending For Albert C. Kihn In: Daily Independent Journal , San Rafael, California, March 15, 1974, p. 4, retrieved from newspapers.com on January 5, 2020.
- Les Brown: The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television Times Books, New York, 1977, ISBN 0-8129-0721-3 , p. 225
Web links
- Albert Kihn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kihn, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kihn, Albert Carl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alameda , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1974 |
| Place of death | Inyo County , California |