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Joseph F. Biroc (1903-1996)

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Alias:
Joe Biroc
Joesph Biroc
Joseph Biroc
Joseph Francis Biroc

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Born:
February 12, 1903

Died:
September 7, 1996

Biography from TheMovieDB

Joseph Francis Biroc, ASC (February 12, 1903 – September 7, 1996) was an American cinematographer. He was born in New York City and began working in films at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After working there for approximately six years, he moved to Los Angeles. Once in Southern California, Biroc worked at the RKO Pictures movie studio. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and filmed the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. In 1950, Biroc left RKO Pictures and freelanced on projects at various studios. In addition to his film work, which included It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Biroc worked on various television series, including the Adventures of Superman and Wonder Woman. He frequently collaborated with film director Robert Aldrich.

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Film Production

Additional Photography:
1974  The Towering Inferno

Camera Operator:
1929  Street Girl
1932  The Lost Squadron
1933  Before Dawn
1939  Five Came Back
1974  The Towering Inferno

Cinematography:
1929  Street Girl
1932  The Lost Squadron
1933  Before Dawn
1939  Five Came Back
1961  Operation Eichmann
1974  Honky Tonk
1974  The Towering Inferno

Director of Photography:
1929  Street Girl
1932  The Lost Squadron
1933  Before Dawn
1939  Five Came Back
1946  It's a Wonderful Life
1947  Magic Town
1948  My Dear Secretary
1948  On Our Merry Way
1949  Johnny Allegro
1949  Mrs. Mike
1949  Roughshod
1950  The Killer That Stalked New York
1951  Cry Danger
1951  The Bushwhackers
1952  Loan Shark
1952  Red Planet Mars
1952  Without Warning!
1953  Appointment in Honduras
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Twonky
1953  Vice Squad
1954  Down Three Dark Streets
1954  The Steel Cage
1954  World for Ransom
1955  Bengazi
1956  Attack
1956  Nightmare
1956  Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956  Tension at Table Rock
1956  The Black Whip
1957  China Gate
1957  Forty Guns
1957  Run of the Arrow
1957  The Amazing Colossal Man
1957  The Garment Jungle
1957  The Ride Back
1957  The Unknown Terror
1958  Born Reckless
1958  Home Before Dark
1959  The Bat
1959  The FBI Story
1959  Verboten!
1960  13 Ghosts
1960  Ice Palace
1961  Gold of the Seven Saints
1961  Operation Eichmann
1962  Confessions of an Opium Eater
1962  Convicts 4
1962  Hitler
1963  Bye Bye Birdie
1963  Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963  Promises! Promises!
1963  Toys in the Attic
1963  Under the Yum-Yum Tree
1964  Bullet for a Badman
1964  Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964  Kitten with a Whip
1964  Ride the Wild Surf
1964  The Young Lovers
1964  Viva Las Vegas
1965  I Saw What You Did
1965  The Flight of the Phoenix
1966  The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966  The Swinger
1967  Enter Laughing
1967  Fitzwilly
1967  Tony Rome
1967  Warning Shot
1967  Who's Minding the Mint?
1968  Lady in Cement
1968  The Detective
1968  The Killing of Sister George
1968  The Legend of Lylah Clare
1969  The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969  What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1970  Too Late the Hero
1971  Brian's Song
1971  Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971  Mean Justice
1971  Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971  The Grissom Gang
1971  The Organization
1972  Gidget Gets Married
1972  Playmates
1972  The Crooked Hearts
1972  Ulzana's Raid
1973  Cahill: United States Marshal
1973  Emperor of the North
1974  Blazing Saddles
1974  Honky Tonk
1974  Shanks
1974  The Longest Yard
1974  The Towering Inferno
1974  Thursday's Game
1974  Wonder Woman
1975  Hustle
1976  The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1977  SST: Death Flight
1977  The Choirboys
1978  A Family Upside Down
1978  The Clone Master
1979  Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1980  Airplane!
1980  The Gambler
1981  ...All the Marbles
1982  Airplane II: The Sequel
1982  Desperate Lives
1982  Hammett
1984  The Jerk, Too
1985  Father of Hell Town
1986  A Winner Never Quits

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Director of Photography:
1976  Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1977  Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1978  Little Women
1980  Scruples

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