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Frank Stanley
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Born May 5, 1922Died December 21, 1999 (77 years)
Frank Walter Stanley (May 5, 1922 – December 21, 1999) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for four Clint Eastwood films in a row: Breezy (1973), Magnum Force (1973), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and The Eiger Sanction (1975). During the filming of The Eiger Sanction, shot in Switzerland, which required a great deal of precarious mountain-climbing cinematography, Stanley fell during the shoot but survived. He used a wheelchair for some time and was taken out of action. Stanley, who later managed to complete filming after a delay under pressure from an unsympathetic Clint Eastwood, would later blame Eastwood for the accident due to a lack of preparation, describing him both as a director and an actor as "a very impatient man who doesn't really plan his pictures or do any homework. He figures he can go right in and sail through these things". Stanley was never hired by Eastwood or Malpaso Productions again. Bruce Surtees was Eastwood's regular cinematographer before and after this period, on a total of twelve films.
Frank Stanley Filmography
| 1985 | Love, Mary · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Consenting Adult · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Passions · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Dark Mirror · as Cinematographer |
| 1983 | Heart of Steel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | The Prodigal · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Secrets of a Mother and Daughter · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! · as Cinematographer |
| 1982 | Cry for the Strangers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Grease 2 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Under the Rainbow · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | East of Eden (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 1980 | Wholly Moses! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | 1941 · as Additional Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh · as Director Of Photography |
| 1979 | 10 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | The Big Fix · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | Corvette Summer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | When Every Day Was the Fourth of July · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich · as Cinematographer |
| 1977 | Heroes · as Director Of Photography |
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| 1977 | The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | I Want to Keep My Baby! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Nightmare in Badham County · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Car Wash · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Return to Earth · as Cinematographer |
| 1976 | James Dean · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | Katherine · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | The Eiger Sanction · as Director Of Photography |
| 1975 | Mr. Ricco · as Director Of Photography |
| 1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot · as Director Of Photography |
| 1974 | Winter Kill · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | Magnum Force · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | Willie Dynamite · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | Breezy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | Tom Sawyer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | A Separate Peace · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | J W Coop · as Director Of Photography |