Joseph F. Biroc
Joseph Francis Biroc (born February 12, 1903 in New York City , † September 7, 1996 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American cinematographer .
Life
Biroc came to film in 1918 as a film lab assistant at Paragon Studios in Fort Lee , New Jersey . In 1925 he moved to Paramount Studios in Long Island as a camera assistant . In 1927 he became a camera assistant at RKO in Los Angeles. During the Second World War he served in the US Army and filmed the Liberation of Paris in 1944 . After the war he received his first jobs as the first cameraman in Hollywood. In the course of his career he has directed the camera in well over 100 cinema and television films as well as series. His last work was done in 1987.
Filmography (selection)
- 1946: isn't life beautiful? (It's a Wonderful Life)
- 1948: My Dear Secretary - Directed by Charles Martin
- 1951: Cry Danger - Director: Robert Parrish
- 1953: Donovan's Brain (Donovan's Brain)
- 1956: Ardennes 1944 (Attack)
- 1957: Forty Guns (Forty Guns)
- 1957: The Colossus (The Amazing Colossal Man)
- 1959: Prohibited! - Director: Samuel Fuller
- 1959: The Beast (The Bat)
- 1961: The devil comes to four (The Devil at 4 O'Clock)
- 1961: Hunt for Eichmann (Operation Eichmann)
- 1962: Hitler
- 1963: Bye Bye Birdie
- 1963: Dolls under the roof (Toys in the Attic)
- 1964: Lullaby for a Corpse ( Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte ) - Director: Robert Aldrich
- 1964: Great Nights in Las Vegas (Viva Las Vegas)
- 1964: The last bullet hits (Bullet for a Badman)
- 1965: The Flight of the Phoenix (The Flight of the Phoenix)
- 1965: It happened at 8:30 a.m. (I Saw What You Did)
- 1967: The Snoop (Tony Rome)
- 1967: The Lady and Her Crooks (Fitzwilly)
- 1968: Big Lie Lylah Clare (The Legend of Lylah Clare)
- 1969: A widow quietly murders (What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?)
- 1970: Too late for Heroes - Fall in to croak (Too Late the Hero)
- 1972: No mercy for Ulzana (Ulzana's Raid)
- 1973: Vultures have no mercy (Cahill US Marshal)
- 1974: The Longest Yard (The Longest Yard)
- 1974: Flammendes Inferno (The Towering Inferno)
- 1975: Streets of Night (Hustle)
- 1976: Who likes to swallow blue beans? (The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox)
- 1978: Little Women
- 1979: Hunt for the Poseidon (Beyond the Poseidon Adventure)
- 1981: Cheeky bees on the mat (... All the Marbles)
- 1984: CASH (The Jerk, Too)
- 1986: Cry for Justice (Outrage!)
Awards
- 1965 : Nomination for Best Camera by Lullaby for a Corpse
- 1975 : Award for Best Camera by Flammendes Inferno , together with Fred J. Koenekamp
Web links
- Joseph F. Biroc in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biroc, Joseph F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Biroc, Joseph Francis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1996 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , California |