Winton C. High
Winton C. Hoch (born July 31, 1905 in Storm Lake , Iowa , † March 20, 1979 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American cinematographer .
Life
Prior to his career in the film business, Hoch studied at the California Institute of Technology , where he graduated in physics in 1931 . In 1934 he became an employee of the Technicolor Corporation, worked as a lens technician and helped develop so-called 3-color printing.
During the Second World War , Hoch worked for the United States Navy from 1941 to 1944 in the so-called Photographic Science Laboratory. He gained his first experience as a cameraman in the mid-1930s.
In 1948 he worked on the historical film Johanna von Orleans and was awarded the Oscar in the category Best Cinematography for the first time in 1949 . In the same year he made his first film with the director John Ford with Footprints in the Sand .
In 1940, Hoch had already received the Technical Achievement Award at the Academy Awards . He received this honor because of his " important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for an auxiliary optical system. " In 1949 he shot the western The Devil's Captain together with Ford and in the following year Hoch received his second Oscar for it. He won his third trophy in 1953 for his work in Der Sieger , also a film directed by John Ford.
In the 1960s, Hoch began working with director and producer Irwin Allen . Increasingly, he worked for television and was so cameraman for 50 episodes of the series The Seaview and the complete series Time Tunnel , both of which were produced by Allen. During his lifetime, Hoch shot his last film in 1972. Posthumously, the film Aliens from Another Planet was shown on television in 1982, Irwin Allen was involved as a director. However, this is a compilation of several episodes of the series The Seaview - In a Secret Mission .
Filmography (selection)
- 1940: Dr. Zyklop ( Dr. Cyclops ) as head of the camera technology department
- 1941: The Reluctant Dragon ( The Reluctant Dragon )
- 1941: Dive Bomber
- 1948: Johanna von Orleans ( Joan of Arc )
- 1948: Tracks in the sand ( 3 Godfathers )
- 1949: Der Teufelshauptmann ( She wore a yellow ribbon )
- 1950: Battle at sunset ( The Sundowners )
- 1951: Okinawa ( Halls of Montezuma )
- 1951: Island of the Wrathful Gods ( Bird of Paradise )
- 1952: The winner ( The Quiet Man )
- 1953: Fire head of Wyoming ( The Redhead from Wyoming )
- 1953: Return to Paradise ( Return to Paradise )
- 1955: No time for heroism ( Mister Roberts )
- 1956: The Black Hawk ( The Searchers )
- 1957: jet fighter (Jet Pilot)
- 1958: The Missouri Traveler
- 1959: country without law ( The Young Country )
- 1959: This earth is mine ( This Earth Is Mine )
- 1959: The Secret of the Haunted Cave ( Darby O'Gill and the Little People )
- 1959: The world of sensations ( The Big Circus )
- 1960: The Lost World ( The Lost World )
- 1961: Fire Belt Company (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
- 1962: The Victorious Three (Sergeants 3)
- 1962: Five Weeks in a Balloon
- 1964: Emergency landing in space (Robinson Crusoe on Mars)
- 1968: The Green Berets (The Green Berets)
- 1972: Horror Attack (Necromancy)
source
Web links
- Winton Hoch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoch, Winton C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Up, Winton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Storm Lake , Iowa , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1979 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica , California |