Jack A. Marta
Jack A. Marta (often just Jack Marta ; born March 5, 1903 as John Adrian Marta in Meaderville , Montana , † June 26, 1991 in Sheridan ) was an American cameraman .
Life
Marta grew up in various locations in Montana and Los Angeles. He started his career shortly after the end of the First World War as a laboratory assistant for the Fox film company . He later became a camera assistant and can be seen in this role from 1926 on in several important productions by Raoul Walsh such as Rivals .
After some time as the second cameraman, Jack Marta advanced to the position of chief cameraman in 1935. In this role, he photographed well over 200 films for cinema and television over the next 45 years, mostly B-Pictures, including a large number of crime films and westerns with John Wayne . In 1958 Jack Marta abruptly ended his continuous cinema career and turned to television from then on. For this medium, he photographed individual episodes of popular series such as Batman as well as a number of individual productions (e.g. 1969 Challenge to the Grand Prix and It's Time to Come , 1970 The City , 1971 The Deadly Dream , 1972 Emergency and 1973 Partners in Crime ). "However, at the highest brilliance he ran only once, when he in 1971 Steven Spielberg's feature film debut, the exciting truck gun duel resumed (Duel)." Of his rare cinema activities after 1960, only the Western comedy earned Cat Ballou - Hang you shall bring to Wyoming with Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin attention.
Jack Marta ended his film career of over half a century in 1979/80 with 13 episodes in the crime and police series Hawaii Five-Zero . Then he retired to his old home in Montana.
Filmography
as head cameraman for movies:
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Web links
- Jack A. Marta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 296.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 296.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marta, Jack A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marta, Jack; Marta, John Adrian (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meaderville , Montana |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1991 |
| Place of death | Sheridan |