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Robert Burks
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Born July 4, 1909Died May 13, 1968 (58 years)
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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.
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.
Robert Burks Filmography
| 2022 | My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock · as Self |
| 2001 |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Once a Thief · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | Marnie · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | The Birds · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | The Music Man · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | The Pleasure of His Company · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | The Rat Race · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | North by Northwest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | But Not for Me · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Vertigo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | The Black Orchid · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Vagabond King · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | The Trouble with Harry · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Rear Window · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Dial M for Murder · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Hondo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | So This Is Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | The Desert Song · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | House of Wax · as Cinematographer |
| 1953 | I Confess · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Mara Maru · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Room for One More · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Come Fill the Cup · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Close to My Heart · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | The Enforcer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | The Glass Menagerie · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Beyond the Forest · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Task Force · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | A Kiss in the Dark · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | To the Victor · as Cinematographer |
| 1947 | The Unsuspected · as Visual Effects |
| 1946 | The Verdict · as Cinematographer |
| 1945 | Star in the Night · as Director Of Photography |
| 1945 | Escape in the Desert · as Cinematographer |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Jammin' the Blues · as Director Of Photography |