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Robert Burks

Biography

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.

Camera

Waterhole #3

1967

Director of Photography

A Patch of Blue

1965

Director of Photography

Once a Thief

1965

Director of Photography

Marnie

1964

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The Birds

1963

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The Music Man

1962

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The Pleasure of His Company

1961

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The Great Impostor

1960

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The Rat Race

1960

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But Not for Me

1959

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North by Northwest

1959

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The Black Orchid

1959

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Vertigo

1958

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The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

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The Wrong Man

1956

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The Vagabond King

1956

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

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The Trouble with Harry

1955

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To Catch a Thief

1955

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Rear Window

1954

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Dial M for Murder

1954

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Hondo

1953

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The Desert Song

1953

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House of Wax

1953

Other

I Confess

1953

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Mara Maru

1952

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Room for One More

1952

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Come Fill the Cup

1951

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Close to My Heart

1951

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Tomorrow Is Another Day

1951

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Strangers on a Train

1951

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The Enforcer

1951

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The Glass Menagerie

1950

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Beyond the Forest

1949

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Task Force

1949

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The Fountainhead

1949

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A Kiss in the Dark

1949

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Star in the Night

1945

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Make Your Own Bed

1944

Director of Photography

Jammin' the Blues

1944

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Crew

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

1952

Special Effects

The Younger Brothers

1949

Special Effects

Key Largo

1948

Special Effects

Cry Wolf

1947

Special Effects

The Unfaithful

1947

Special Effects

Possessed

1947

Special Effects

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

1947

Special Effects

Pride of the Marines

1945

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

Special Effects

In This Our Life

1942

Special Effects

Kings Row

1942

Special Effects

Highway West

1941

Special Effects

The Great Lie

1941

Special Effects

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940

Special Effects