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Overview
Date of Birth:
Trivia:
Died in a house fire
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
1 win
&
3 nominations
more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
DVD Review: ‘North By Northwest’ 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
(From The Flickcast. 26 November 2009, 10:00 AM, PST)
Old Ass Movies: North By Northwest
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 8 November 2009, 8:59 PM, PST)
(From The Flickcast. 26 November 2009, 10:00 AM, PST)
Old Ass Movies: North By Northwest
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 8 November 2009, 8:59 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
L. Robert Burks
Filmography
Cinematographer:
- Waterhole #3 (1967)
... aka Waterhole No. 3
... aka Waterhole Three (UK) - A Covenant with Death (1967)
- A Patch of Blue (1965)
- Once a Thief (1965)
... aka Les tueurs de San Francisco (France) - Marnie (1964)
- The Birds (1963) (director of photography)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (UK: complete title) - The Music Man (1962)
... aka Meredith Willson's The Music Man (USA: complete title) - The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
- The Great Impostor (1961)
- The Rat Race (1960)
- But Not for Me (1959)
- North by Northwest (1959) (director of photography)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (USA: complete title) - The Black Orchid (1958)
- Vertigo (1958) (director of photography)
... aka 'Vertigo' (USA: poster title)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (USA: complete title) - The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
- The Wrong Man (1956)
- The Vagabond King (1956)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955)
- To Catch a Thief (1955) (director of photography)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (USA: complete title) - Rear Window (1954) (director of photography)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (USA: complete title) - Dial M for Murder (1954) (director of photography)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (USA: complete title) - The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
- Hondo (1953)
- So This Is Love (1953)
... aka The Grace Moore Story (UK) - The Desert Song (1953)
- House of Wax (1953) (uncredited)
- I Confess (1953)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's 'I Confess!' (USA: promotional title) - Mara Maru (1952)
- Room for One More (1952)
... aka The Easy Way - Come Fill the Cup (1951)
- Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
- Strangers on a Train (1951) (director of photography)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (USA: complete title) - The Enforcer (1951)
... aka Murder, Inc. (UK) - Close to My Heart (1951)
- The Glass Menagerie (1950)
- Beyond the Forest (1949)
- Task Force (1949)
- The Fountainhead (1949)
- A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
- To the Victor (1948)
- The Verdict (1946) (uncredited)
- Star in the Night (1945) (as L. Robert Burks)
- Escape in the Desert (1945)
- Make Your Own Bed (1944)
- Jammin' the Blues (1944)
Special Effects:
- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952) (special effects)
... aka Miracle of Fatima (UK) - The Younger Brothers (1949) (special effects)
- John Loves Mary (1949) (special effects)
- Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948) (special effects)
- Key Largo (1948) (special effects)
- Romance on the High Seas (1948) (special effects)
... aka It's Magic (UK) - The Woman in White (1948) (special effects)
- My Wild Irish Rose (1947) (special effects)
- The Unsuspected (1947) (special effects photographer)
- Possessed (1947) (special effects)
- Cry Wolf (1947) (special effects)
- The Unfaithful (1947) (special effects)
- The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) (special effects)
- The Verdict (1946) (special effects)
- The Big Sleep (1946) (special effects) (uncredited)
- Night and Day (1946) (special effects)
- Pride of the Marines (1945) (special effects) (as L. Robert Burks)
... aka Forever in Love (UK) - The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) (special effects)
- God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) (special effects)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) (special effects)
... aka Frank Capra's 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (USA: complete title) - In Our Time (1944) (special effects)
- In This Our Life (1942) (special effects)
- Kings Row (1942) (special effects)
- Dangerously They Live (1941) (special effects) (uncredited)
- International Squadron (1941) (special effects)
- Highway West (1941) (special effects)
- The Great Lie (1941) (special effects)
- A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940) (special effects)
... aka This Man Reuter (UK) - Saturday's Children (1940) (special effects)
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) (special effects)
... aka The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (UK) - On Your Toes (1939) (special effects)
- Marked Woman (1937) (special effects) (uncredited)
Editorial Department:
- They Drive by Night (1940) (montage) (uncredited)
... aka The Road to Frisco (UK) - Brother Orchid (1940) (montage) (uncredited)
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