Ellsworth Fredericks
Ellsworth Fredericks (born June 2, 1904 in New York , United States , † August 16, 1993 in San Marcos , California ) was an American cameraman .
Life
Fredericks had received a photography education before he began his film career as a camera assistant in 1931. At first he worked for smaller studios, mostly on B-productions. Major companies such as Paramount Pictures later hired him .
Fredericks was late becoming chief cameraman. In this role, he photographed a number of standard Westerns in the 50s and 60s, but also conventional, but in some cases quite ambitious and expensive entertainment films such as William Wyler's Quaker drama Alluring Temptation . Immediately beforehand, Fredericks had shot a horror cult film with Don Siegel's Die Demonischen. In 1958 he was recognized for his photography to Sayonara for the Oscar nominated.
That Fredericks also mastered the unpretentious, semi-documentary black and white photography, he was able to prove in 1963 in the high-profile military drama Seven Days in May . Most recently, at the end of the 1960s, he was only behind the camera in weak A-films with old stars like Doris Day , Glenn Ford and Elvis Presley , who had long since passed their zenith. Despite all his professionalism, Fredericks never achieved the level of recognition of numerous camera colleagues of his generation in Hollywood .
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: The Schaefer Century Theater (TV series)
- 1952: Biff Baker, USA (TV series)
- 1953: A Heart of Gold (So Big)
- 1954: Seven Angry Men
- 1954: Ride to Hell (Shotgun)
- 1954: The Bob Mathias Story
- 1955: In Acht und Bann (At Gunpoint)
- 1955: The Demonic (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
- 1956: Planet of Horror (World Without End)
- 1956: Alluring Temptation (Friendly Persuasion)
- 1956: The Young Guns
- 1956: Teufelskommando (Hold Back the Night)
- 1956: The Canyon River
- 1957: Curse of Violence (Trooper Hook)
- 1957: Sayonara
- 1958: Flames over Maracaibo (Maracaibo)
- 1958: The Light in the Forest
- 1959: Wild River (Wild River)
- 1959: The longer - the better (Tall Story)
- 1960: The late bloomer (High Time)
- 1960: Confession of a sinner (Sanctuary)
- 1961: Escape from Zahrain (Escape from Zahrain)
- 1962: The Lost Rose (The Stripper)
- 1963: The Young Lovers
- 1963: Seven Days in May (Seven Days in May)
- 1964: Joy in the Morning
- 1965: Face without a name (Mister Buddwing)
- 1966: The Cabinet of Bloody Hands (Picture Mommy Dead)
- 1966: Duel of the Gringos (The Last Challenge)
- 1967: Return of the Gunfighter ( Hot Colts in Fists )
- 1967: As the lights went out (Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?)
- 1967: The Six Suspects (The Power)
- 1968: The Man in Mammi's Bed (With Six You Get Eggroll)
- 1968: Green Eyes in the Night (Eye of the Cat)
- 1969: Charro!
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 97.
Web links
- Ellsworth Fredericks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fredericks, Ellsworth |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1993 |
Place of death | San Marcos , California |