William Cronjager
William Henry Cronjager (born March 28, 1930 in Queens , New York City , United States , † May 25, 1995 in Lake Havasu City , Arizona ) was an American television cameraman .
Live and act
Cronjager came from a dynasty of well-known cameramen with German roots (Kronjäger) who had been active in Hollywood since the days of silent films : his grandfather was Henry Cronjager (1877–1967), his father Henry Cronjager jr. (1906–1991) and his uncle, the best known of the Cronjagers, Edward Cronjager .
William Cronjager began his career in the 1950s as a camera assistant and worked in this position for his employer, 20th Century Fox , in the second half of this decade and in the early 1960s on prominent films such as The Honorable Bigamist, South Pacific , Sharks Big city and Rio Conchos with. His teachers included camera greats like Leon Shamroy , Eugen Schüfftan , Milton R. Krasner and Joseph MacDonald .
In 1966, Cronjager was promoted to chief cameraman and oversaw the long-running television series Peyton Place . Commissions for a number of other popular TV series followed, including Alias Smith and Jones , A Sheriff in New York , Columbo , A Duke Seldom Comes Alone , Hill Street Police Station , Frank Buck - Adventures in Malaysia , Hard But Warm , Partners in Crime and Miami Vice . William Cronjager received the Primetime Emmy in 1981 for his camerawork on the pilot episode of Hill Street Police Station, "Hill Street Station" . In addition, Cronjager also photographed several individual films for television, in the 1970s also sporadically for the cinema.
In 1988 he retired into private life and spent the rest of his life in Arizona.
Filmography
as a cameraman for television unless otherwise stated
- 1967-69: Peyton Place
- 1969–70: Bracken's World
- 1971: The Two by the department ( The Partners )
- 1971–72: Alias Smith and Jones ( Alias Smith and Jones )
- 1972: The Flight of the Pumas ( Run, Cougar, Run ) (Movie)
- 1972–73: A sheriff in New York
- 1973: How to Seduce a Woman (movie)
- 1975: Baretta
- 1973-76: Columbo
- 1976: A wolf returns ( The Flight of the Gray Wolf )
- 1976: Vigilante Force - We are the law ( Vigilante Force ) (movie)
- 1977: The Man from Atlantis
- 1977: Death on Board ( Killer on Board )
- 1978: Deadman's Curve
- 1979: Turnabout
- 1979: Sheriff Lobo
- 1979–80: A duke rarely comes alone
- 1980: Cannon's comeback
- 1981: Human trafficking ( Born to be Sold )
- 1981–82: Hill Street Police Station
- 1983: Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia
- 1983–84: Hard but warm
- 1984: Partners in Crime
- 1985: Miami Vice
- 1985: JOE and the Colonel
- 1987: In the jungle of the big city ( Alone in the Neon Jungle )
- 1988: Broken Angel
Web link
- William Cronjager in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cronjager, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cronjager, William Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Queens , New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1995 |
| Place of death | Lake Havasu City , Arizona |