Joseph F. Biroc
| Joseph Francis Biroc | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 12, 1903 New York City |
| Died | September 7, 1996 (aged 93) Woodland Hills, California |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1927 – 1989 |
Joseph Francis Biroc, A.S.C. (February 12, 1903 - September 7, 1996) was a highly successful movie and TV cinematographer. Mr. Biroc was born in New York City, and he began working in movies at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After working for about six years with that company, he moved to Los Angeles, after also working for Paramount Pictures' Long Island Studios. Once in Southern California, Biroc began working with the RKO Pictures Company. During World War II, Mr. Biroc served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and he filmed the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. By 1950, Mr. Biroc had left RKO Pictures and, much in demand to work in the movies, began working on a number of various film genres and for several different movie studios. In addition to many films, including the classics It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Biroc also worked for several different television series, including the Adventures of Superman and Wonder Woman.
Mr. Biroc frequently collaborated with the film director Robert Aldrich.
[edit] Partial filmography
- The Rescue (1929)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- On Our Merry Way (1948)
- The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
- Without Warning! (1952)
- The Glass Wall (1953)
- Attack (1956)
- Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
- Viva Las Vegas (1964)
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
- Warning Shot (1967)
- The Killing of Sister George (1968)
- Too Late the Hero (1970)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
- The Grissom Gang (1971)
- Ulzana's Raid (1972)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- The Longest Yard (1974)
- Shanks (1974)
- Hustle (1975)
- The Choirboys (1977)
- Airplane! (1980)
[edit] Awards
- Academy Award nominated (1964; black and white) for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte;
- Emmy Award (1971/2) for Brian's Song;
- Academy Award (1974; shared) for The Towering Inferno;
- Emmy Award nomination (1976/7) for The Moneychangers [Part 1];
- Emmy Award nomination (1977/8) for Washington: Behind Closed Doors [Part 1] & A Family Upside Down;
- Emmy Award nomination (1978/9) for Little Women [Part 2];
- Emmy Award nomination (1979/80) for Kenny Rogers as the Gambler;
- Emmy Award (1983) for Casablanca [episode The Master Builder's Woman];
- ASC Lifetime Achievement Award [1988].
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