W. Wallace Kelley

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W. Wallace Kelley (born February 2, 1902 in New Jersey , United States , † September 27, 1982 in Los Angeles , California , ibid) was an American cameraman .

Life

Little is known about Kelley's education and early career at the moment. Apparently he went through practical training in various cinematic matters before he worked as a rear projection photographer for the classic horror film Dr. Cyclops is detectable. Kelley remained connected to this form of special photography until the end of the 1950s, but also worked in other areas of special photography on the side; for example as an aerial photographer, second-unit cameraman, transparency photographer and as a cameraman for additional shots. He acted across genres and worked on comedies, monumental films, war strips and westerns. During this time, Kelley collaborated with star directors such as Cecil B. DeMille ( The Undefeated , The Greatest Show in the World , The Ten Commandments ), John Sturges ( The Last Train from Gun Hill , Lost in Space ), Mark Robson ( The Bridges of Toko- Ri ), Marlon Brando ( The Obsessed ) and Alfred Hitchcock ( Above the Roofs of Nice , Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead ). For his work on " The Undefeated ", he and several colleagues were nominated for an Oscar in the category of best visual effects in 1948 .

Although active as head cameraman sporadically and with little response since the early 1950s, Kelley did not regularly work in this senior position until the 1960s. During this decade he preferred to oversee the sometimes quite successful comedies by and with Jerry Lewis . Between the Lewis films, Kelley photographed several B-Westerns from the AC Lyles production in the 1960s. When Jerry Lewis largely withdrew from the cinema business in 1970, Kelley also retired. W. Wallace Kelley was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers .

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Chief Cinematographer, unless otherwise stated

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personal data
SURNAME Kelley, W. Wallace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelley, Wallace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH New Jersey , United States
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1982
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States