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Robert Burks (1909-1968)

Alias:
L. Robert Burks
Leslie Robert Burks

Birthplace:
Chino Hills, California, USA

Born:
July 4, 1909

Died:
May 13, 1968

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Robert Burks, A.S.C. (July 4, 1909 – May 11, 1968) was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre and equally at home with black-and-white or color.  Burks began his career as a special effects technician in the late 1930s before becoming a director of photography in the mid-1940s. His first credit in this field was Jammin' the Blues (1944), a short film featuring leading jazz musicians of the day.  Burks collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on twelve of the director's films. Beginning with Strangers on a Train in 1951 (which secured him an Oscar nomination) through Marnie in 1964, he shot every Hitchcock film except Psycho in 1960. Additional credits include The Fountainhead, Beyond the Forest, The Glass Menagerie, The Spirit of St. Louis, The Music Man, and A Patch of Blue.  Burks and his wife died in a house fire in 1968 in Huntington Harbor, California.

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Cinematography:
1961  The Pleasure of His Company

Director of Photography:
1944  Jammin' the Blues
1944  Make Your Own Bed
1945  Star in the Night
1949  A Kiss in the Dark
1949  Beyond the Forest
1949  Task Force
1949  The Fountainhead
1950  The Glass Menagerie
1951  Close to My Heart
1951  Come Fill the Cup
1951  Strangers on a Train
1951  The Enforcer
1951  Tomorrow Is Another Day
1952  Mara Maru
1952  Room for One More
1953  Hondo
1953  I Confess
1953  The Desert Song
1954  Dial M for Murder
1954  Rear Window
1955  The Trouble with Harry
1955  To Catch a Thief
1956  The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956  The Vagabond King
1956  The Wrong Man
1957  The Spirit of St. Louis
1958  Vertigo
1959  But Not for Me
1959  North by Northwest
1959  The Black Orchid
1960  The Great Impostor
1960  The Rat Race
1961  The Pleasure of His Company
1962  The Music Man
1963  The Birds
1964  Marnie
1965  A Patch of Blue
1965  Once a Thief
1967  Waterhole #3

Other:
1944  Jammin' the Blues
1944  Make Your Own Bed
1945  Star in the Night
1949  A Kiss in the Dark
1949  Beyond the Forest
1949  Task Force
1949  The Fountainhead
1950  The Glass Menagerie
1951  Close to My Heart
1951  Come Fill the Cup
1951  Strangers on a Train
1951  The Enforcer
1951  Tomorrow Is Another Day
1952  Mara Maru
1952  Room for One More
1953  Hondo
1953  House of Wax
1953  I Confess
1953  The Desert Song
1954  Dial M for Murder
1954  Rear Window
1955  The Trouble with Harry
1955  To Catch a Thief
1956  The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956  The Vagabond King
1956  The Wrong Man
1957  The Spirit of St. Louis
1958  Vertigo
1959  But Not for Me
1959  North by Northwest
1959  The Black Orchid
1960  The Great Impostor
1960  The Rat Race
1961  The Pleasure of His Company
1962  The Music Man
1963  The Birds
1964  Marnie
1965  A Patch of Blue
1965  Once a Thief
1967  Waterhole #3

Special Effects:
1940  Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1941  Highway West
1941  The Great Lie
1942  Kings Row
1944  Arsenic and Old Lace
1944  Jammin' the Blues
1944  Make Your Own Bed
1945  Pride of the Marines
1945  Star in the Night
1947  Cry Wolf
1947  Possessed
1947  The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947  The Unfaithful
1948  Key Largo
1949  A Kiss in the Dark
1949  Beyond the Forest
1949  Task Force
1949  The Fountainhead
1949  The Younger Brothers
1950  The Glass Menagerie
1951  Close to My Heart
1951  Come Fill the Cup
1951  Strangers on a Train
1951  The Enforcer
1951  Tomorrow Is Another Day
1952  Mara Maru
1952  Room for One More
1952  The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1953  Hondo
1953  House of Wax
1953  I Confess
1953  The Desert Song
1954  Dial M for Murder
1954  Rear Window
1955  The Trouble with Harry
1955  To Catch a Thief
1956  The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956  The Vagabond King
1956  The Wrong Man
1957  The Spirit of St. Louis
1958  Vertigo
1959  But Not for Me
1959  North by Northwest
1959  The Black Orchid
1960  The Great Impostor
1960  The Rat Race
1961  The Pleasure of His Company
1962  The Music Man
1963  The Birds
1964  Marnie
1965  A Patch of Blue
1965  Once a Thief
1967  Waterhole #3

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