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Robert Burks (1909–1968)

The favorite cinematographer of famous director Alfred Hitchcock began working at Warner Brothers when he was 19 years old. He climbed his way up from camera operator to assistant camera man and eventually took over the Special Photographic Effects unit at Warners on Stage 5 in 1944. He became an expert in forced perspective techniques which were widely in use at the time as cost-saving measures... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1967 Waterhole #3
 
1965 A Patch of Blue (director of photography)
 
1965 Once a Thief
 
1964 Marnie (director of photography)
 
1963 The Birds (director of photography)
 
1962 The Music Man (director of photography)
 
1961 The Great Impostor (director of photography)
 
1960 The Rat Race (director of photography)
 
1959 But Not for Me
 
1959 North by Northwest (director of photography)
 
1958 Vertigo (director of photography)
 
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis (director of photography)
 
1956 The Wrong Man (director of photography)
 
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much (director of photography)
 
1955 The Trouble with Harry (director of photography)
 
1955 To Catch a Thief (director of photography)
 
1954 Rear Window (director of photography)
 
1954 Dial M for Murder (director of photography)
 
1953 Hondo (photography)
 
1953 So This Is Love
 
1953 The Desert Song
 
1953 House of Wax (uncredited)
 
1953 I Confess (director of photography)
 
1952 Mara Maru
 
1951 Strangers on a Train (director of photography)
 
1951 The Enforcer (director of photography)
 
1949 Task Force (director of photography)
 
1949 The Fountainhead (director of photography)
 
1948 To the Victor
 
1946 The Verdict (uncredited)
 
1945 Star in the Night (short) (as L. Robert Burks)
 
1944 Jammin' the Blues (short) (photographed by)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (33 titles)
1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (special effects)
 
1949 The Younger Brothers (special effects)
 
1949 John Loves Mary (special effects)
 
1948 Smart Girls Don't Talk (special effects)
 
1948 Key Largo (special effects)
 
1948 Romance on the High Seas (special effects photography)
 
1948 The Woman in White (special effects)
 
1947 My Wild Irish Rose (special effects)
 
1947 The Unsuspected (special effects photographer)
 
1947 Possessed (special effects)
 
1947 Cry Wolf (special effects)
 
1947 The Unfaithful (special effects)
 
1947 The Two Mrs. Carrolls (special effects)
 
1946 The Verdict (special effects)
 
1946 The Big Sleep (special effects - uncredited)
 
1946 Night and Day (special effects)
 
1945 Confidential Agent (special effects - uncredited)
 
1945 Pride of the Marines (special effects - as L. Robert Burks)
 
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight (special effects - uncredited)
 
1945 God Is My Co-Pilot (special effects)
 
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace (special effects)
 
1944 In Our Time (special effects)
 
1942 In This Our Life (special effects)
 
1942 Kings Row (special effects)
 
1941 Dangerously They Live (special effects - uncredited)
 
1941 International Squadron (special effects)
 
1941 Highway West (special effects)
 
1941 The Great Lie (special effects)
 
1940 A Dispatch from Reuter's (special effects)
 
1940 Saturday's Children (special effects)
 
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (special effects)
 
1939 On Your Toes (special effects)
 
1937 Marked Woman (special effects - uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (2 titles)
1940 They Drive by Night (montage - uncredited)
 
1940 Brother Orchid (montage - uncredited)
 

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L. Robert Burks
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Cancer