Gerald Hirschfeld
Gerald Hirschfeld (born April 25, 1921 in New York City , New York - † February 13, 2017 in Ashland , Oregon ) was an American cameraman . In some of his films he was listed under the name Jerry Hirschfeld.
Life
Gerald Hirschfeld attended Columbia University and was employed as a cameraman during his subsequent military service in World War II . In the first years after the war he worked as an instructor at the New Institute for Film in Brooklyn. In 1949 he made his first movie with C-Man . Most of the films that were made with him as chief cameraman for television and cinema in the following years are little remarkable. In the 1970s he worked outside the Hollywood film business, including with the director Larry Peerce on some productions that placed higher demands on his photographic skills, but was also engaged in entertainment films such as Frankenstein Junior .
In 2003 he received the ASC President's Award from the American Society of Cinematographers .
Hirschfeld was married and had three children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1950: Hotel of the Lost (Guilty By-Stander)
- 1950: With These Hands
- 1963: Target Moscow (Fail-Safe)
- 1967: Incident (The Incident)
- 1968: To the devil with innocence (Goodbye, Columbus)
- 1969: Petting (Last Summer)
- 1969: When night falls in Manhattan (Cotton comes to Harlem)
- 1970: Doc
- 1970: Diary of adultery (Diary of a Mad Housewife)
- 1971: Tanja Baskin - just give us a call (TR Baskin)
- 1972: Two People on the Move (Two People)
- 1973: Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
- 1974: Frankenstein Junior (Young Frankenstein)
- 1974: Wahnsinn - Death has only one letter (W- Terror is a one Letter Word)
- 1975: New York no longer responds (The Ultimate Warrior)
- 1976: Two-Minute Warning (two-minute warning)
- 1976: The Devil on Wheels (The Car)
- 1976: Secret of the Dragonfly (One Summer Love)
- 1981: The Crazy Neighbors (Neighbors)
- 1982: A Daredevil in New York (My Favorite Year)
- 1983: To be or not (To Be or Not to Be)
- 1986: Men for every job (Head Office)
- 1987: Malone
Web links
- Gerald Hirschfeld in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ In Memoriam: Gerald Hirschfeld, ASC (1921–2017). (No longer available online.) American Society of Cinematographers , February 16, 2017, archived from the original on February 22, 2017 ; accessed on February 20, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 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. 688.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirschfeld, Gerald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hirschfeld, Jerry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2017 |
| Place of death | Ashland , Oregon , United States |