Floyd Crosby
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| Floyd Crosby | |
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| Born | Floyd Delafield Crosby December 12, 1899 West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | September 30, 1985 (aged 85) Ojai, California, United States |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Spouse(s) | Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead (1940-1960) Betty Cormack (1960-1985; his death) |
Floyd Delafield Crosby, A.S.C. (December 12, 1899 – September 30, 1985) was an Academy award-winning American cinematographer.
History [edit]
Crosby was born and raised in West Philadelphia, the son of Julia Floyd (née Delafield) and Frederick Van Schoonhoven Crosby. In 1940, he married Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead and had two children: David Crosby of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and the late, reclusive singer-songwriter Ethan Crosby (1937-1997).
During his career, Floyd Crosby was involved in the cinematography of more than 100 full length movies. He won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the film Tabu. He was also the cinematographer for High Noon (1952), considered to be among his best work. Crosby also worked with B-movie director Roger Corman on several films.
Crosby served as a cinematographer for the U.S. Army Air Corps film wing, and made flight training films in World War II. He left the Air Corps in 1946.
Crosby divorced in 1960, and married Betty Cormack Andrews in the same year. He retired in the late 1960s to Ojai, California, where he died in 1985.
Selected Filmography [edit]
- Tabu (1931) – Crosby won an Academy Award for cinematography at the fourth Academy Award celebration for his work on this film.
- Mato Grosso: the Great Brazilian Wilderness (1931) likely the first sync sound documentary made in the field, in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936), a New Deal Resettlement Administration documentary directed by Pare Lorentz.
- Traffic with the Devil (1946), a documentary short nominated for an Academy Award.
- Devil Take Us (1952), a documentary short nominated for two Academy Awards.
- High Noon (1952) – A western movie, generally considered to be his most contemporarily praised film.
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) – One of several widescreen horror films Crosby shot for director Roger Corman.
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