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Joseph F. Biroc (1903–1996)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department

Joseph Biroc was destined to become one of the most versatile cinematographers in Hollywood, working on films of almost every genre. He started as a lab assistant in 1918, based at Paragon Studio, located in America's first 'film capital', Ft.Lee, New Jersey. From there, he moved on to the Paramount facility in Long Island as a camera assistant... See full bio »

Born:

Joseph Francis Biroc
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 93) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1987 Time Out for Dad (TV movie)
 
1986 A Winner Never Quits (TV movie)
 
1986 Outrage! (TV movie) (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1985 A Death in California (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.2 (1985) (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
– Episode #1.1 (1985) (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1985 Hell Town (TV movie)
 
1985 Hell Town (TV series)
– Father of Hell Town (Pilot) (1985) (director of photography)
 
1984 The Jerk, Too (TV movie) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1983 Casablanca (TV series)
– Divorce Casablanca Style (1983) (director of photography)
– The Cashier and the Belly Dancer (1983) (director of photography)
– Jenny (1983) (director of photography)
– Master Builder's Woman (1983) (director of photography)
– Who Am I Killing (1983) (director of photography)
 
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1982 Hammett (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1982 Desperate Lives (TV movie) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1981 ...All the Marbles (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1980 Airplane! (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1980 Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (TV movie)
 
1980 Scruples (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.1 (1980) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
– Episode #1.2 (1980) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
– Episode #1.3 (1980) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1978 Little Women (TV series)
– Pilot (1978) (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1978 The Clone Master (TV movie) (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1978 A Family Upside Down (TV movie)
 
1977 The Choirboys (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV mini-series)
– Part 1 (1977) (director of photography)
 
1977 SST: Death Flight (TV movie) (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (TV mini-series)
 
1976 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1975 Hustle (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1974 Shanks (as Joe Biroc)
 
1974 The Longest Yard
 
1974 Thursday's Game (TV movie) (as Joe Biroc)
 
1974 Honky Tonk (TV movie) (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1974 Wonder Woman (TV movie) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1974 Blazing Saddles (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1973 Superman
 
1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1973 Emperor of the North (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1972 The Crooked Hearts (TV movie)
 
1972 Ulzana's Raid (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1972 Playmates (TV movie) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1972 Circle of Fear (TV series)
– The New House (1972) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1972 Gidget Gets Married (TV movie)
 
1971 Brian's Song (TV movie) (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1971 The Organization (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1971 The Grissom Gang
 
1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1971 Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (as Joe Biroc)
 
1970 Too Late the Hero (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1969 What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
 
1969 The Greatest Mother of Them All (short)
 
1968 Lady in Cement
 
1968 The Killing of Sister George
 
1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1968 The Detective
 
1967 Fitzwilly (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1967 Tony Rome (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1967 Who's Minding the Mint?
 
1967 Enter Laughing (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1967 Warning Shot (TV movie) (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1966 The Swinger
 
1966 The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1965 The Flight of the Phoenix (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1965 I Saw What You Did (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1965 To Trap a Spy (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1964 Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1964 The Young Lovers
 
1964 Kitten with a Whip (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Vulcan Affair (1964) (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1964 Ride the Wild Surf (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1964 Bullet for a Badman
 
1964 Viva Las Vegas (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1963 Gunfight at Comanche Creek
 
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1963 Promises! Promises!
 
1963 Toys in the Attic
 
1963 Bye Bye Birdie (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1962 Empire (TV series)
– The Day the Empire Stood Still (1962) (director of photography)
 
1962 Convicts 4 (director of photography)
 
1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1962 Hitler
 
1961 Sail a Crooked Ship (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1961 The Devil at 4 O'Clock (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1961 Operation Eichmann
 
1961 Gold of the Seven Saints
 
1960 Checkmate (TV series)
 
1960 13 Ghosts (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1959-1960 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
– Sundance Goes to Kill (1960)
– Sundance Returns (1959) (as Joe Biroc)
 
1960 Ice Palace
 
1959 The FBI Story (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1959 The Detectives (TV series)
– The Streger Affair (1959)
 
1959 The Bat (director of photography)
 
1959 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Checkmate (1959)
 
1959 Verboten! (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1958-1959 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV series)
– The Sport (1959)
– The Space Society (1958)
 
1958 Born Reckless
 
1958 Home Before Dark
 
1956-1958 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
– The Magic Secret (1958)
– All That Glitters (1958)
– The Perils of Superman (1958)
– The Brainy Burro (1958)
– Superman's Wife (1958)
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1958 Underwater Warrior (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1958 The Adventures of Super Pup (TV short)
 
1958 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
– The Landlord (1958) (director of photography)
 
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– Silent Witness (1957)
 
1957 The Amazing Colossal Man (director of photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1957 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
 
1957 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
 
1957 Forty Guns (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1957 The Unknown Terror
 
1957 Run of the Arrow (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Without Incident (1957) (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1957 China Gate
 
1957 The Way Back (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1957 The Garment Jungle
 
1956 The Black Whip (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1956 Tension at Table Rock (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1956 Attack (photographed by / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1956 General Electric Summer Originals (TV series)
– It's Sunny Again (1956) (as Joe Biroc)
 
1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout
 
1956 Nightmare (director of photography)
 
1956 Ghost Town
 
1956 Sheriffs of the USA (TV series)
– The Dandy Man (1956)
 
1956 Cavalry Patrol (TV movie)
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
– The Final Tribute (1955)
 
1955 My Friend Flicka (TV series)
– The Stranger (1955)
 
1955 Bengazi (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1955 The Man Behind the Badge (TV series)
– The Case of the Hunted Hobo (1955)
 
1954-1955 Treasury Men in Action (TV series)
– Case of the Slippery Eel (1955)
– The Case of the Frightened Man (1955)
– The Case of the Shot in the Dark (1955)
– The Case of the Tight Squeeze (1955)
– The Case of the Chartered Chiseler (1955)
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1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
– Top Secret (1955)
 
1955 Police Call (TV series)
– Montreal
 
1954 The Steel Cage
 
1954 Dear Phoebe (TV series)
– The Christmas Show (1954) (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1954 The Mickey Rooney Show (TV series)
– Tiger Mulligan (1954) (director of photography)
– The Grunion Hunt Mystery (1954) (director of photography)
– Double Trouble (1954) (director of photography)
– Disc Jockey (1954) (director of photography)
– The Moon or Bust (1954)
 
1954 Down Three Dark Streets (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1954 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
– The Blue Lantern Story (1954)
– The Art Story (1954)
– The Avalanche Story (a.k.a. The Reno Story) (1954)
– The Chinese Story
– The Emerald Ring
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1954 World for Ransom (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1954 Riders to the Stars (uncredited)
 
1953 Appointment in Honduras (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1953 Donovan's Brain (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1953 I'm the Law (TV series)
– Falling Star (1953)
– The Killer (1953)
– The Countess Bobo Story (1953)
– The Trucking Story (1953)
– O Sole Mio (1953)
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1953 Vice Squad
 
1953 The Glass Wall
 
1953 The Tall Texan (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1953 The Twonky
 
1952 Bwana Devil
 
1952 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
 
1952 China Smith (TV series)
– Straight Settlement
 
1952 Loan Shark (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1952 Red Planet Mars (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1952 Without Warning!
 
1951 The Bushwhackers (director of photography)
 
1951 Cry Danger (director of photography)
 
1951 All That I Have
 
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1950 Dick Tracy (TV series)
– The Brain: Part 1 (1950) (photography / as Joe Biroc)
– The Brain: Part 2 (1950) (photography / as Joe Biroc)
– The Brain: Part 3 (1950) (photography / as Joe Biroc)
– The Brain: Part 4 (1950) (photography / as Joe Biroc)
– The Brain: Part 5 (1950) (photography / as Joe Biroc)
 
1949 Mrs. Mike (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1949 Johnny Allegro (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1949 Roughshod
 
1948 My Dear Secretary (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1948 On Our Merry Way (as Joseph Biroc)
 
1947 Magic Town (director of photography)
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life (director of photography / as Joseph Biroc)
 
1943 Bombardier (uncredited)
 
1937 Shall We Dance (uncredited)
 
1929 The Rescue
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (27 titles)
1974 The Towering Inferno (director of photography: action sequences - as Joseph Biroc)
 
1963 4 for Texas (second unit photography - as Joseph Biroc)
 
1953 Charade (camera operator)
 
1949 Tokyo Joe (camera operator: second unit - uncredited)
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1943 Bombardier (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1940 Tom Brown's School Days (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1936 Swing Time (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1935 Break of Hearts (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1935 Laddie (camera operator)
 
1934 The Gay Divorcee (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1934 Their Big Moment (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1934 Where Sinners Meet (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1933 Ann Vickers (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1933 Rafter Romance (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1933 Before Dawn (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1933 The Monkey's Paw (assistant camera)
 
1933 No Other Woman (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1932 The Animal Kingdom (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1932 Secrets of the French Police (assistant camera)
 
1932 State's Attorney (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1932 The Lost Squadron (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1932 Ladies of the Jury (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1931 Are These Our Children (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1931 Three Who Loved (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1931 Young Donovan's Kid (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1931 Cimarron (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– It's All True (1987) … Himself (as Joseph Biroc)
– Let's Face the Music and Dance (1987) … Himself (as Joseph Biroc)
– Birth of a Titan (1987) … Himself (as Joseph Biroc)
 

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