Joseph F. Biroc

CinematographerCrew Feb 12 (died age 93) New York City, New York, USA 1929–1987 (58 year career)

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Biography

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 an…

Known For

Film

It's a Wonderful Life

Director of Photography

Film

Airplane!

Director of Photography

Film

Blazing Saddles

Director of Photography

Film

The Towering Inferno

Additional Photography

Film

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Director of Photography

Film

Airplane II: The Sequel

Director of Photography

Film

The Flight of the Phoenix

Director of Photography

Film

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (1)

Television (1)

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987

as Self

8.0

Crew (120)

Movies (116)

A Winner Never Quits

1986

Director of Photography

6.0

Father of Hell Town

1985

Director of Photography

The Jerk, Too

1984

Director of Photography

3.0

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

Director of Photography

6.1

Hammett

1982

Director of Photography

6.2

Desperate Lives

1982

Director of Photography

6.0

...All the Marbles

1981

Director of Photography

6.2

Airplane!

1980

Director of Photography

7.3

The Gambler

1980

Director of Photography

5.7

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

Director of Photography

5.1

The Clone Master

1978

Director of Photography

5.3

SST: Death Flight

1978

Director of Photography

5.8

A Family Upside Down

1978

Director of Photography

7.0

The Choirboys

1977

Director of Photography

5.3

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

1976

Director of Photography

6.1

Hustle

1975

Director of Photography

5.6

Blazing Saddles

1974

Director of Photography

7.2

The Towering Inferno

1974

Additional Photography

7.0

The Longest Yard

1974

Director of Photography

6.7

Shanks

1974

Director of Photography

5.0

Wonder Woman

1974

Director of Photography

5.2

Thursday's Game

1974

Director of Photography

5.8

Honky Tonk

1974

Cinematography

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973

Director of Photography

6.1

Emperor of the North

1973

Director of Photography

6.7

The Crooked Hearts

1972

Director of Photography

7.8

Ulzana's Raid

1972

Director of Photography

6.9

Playmates

1972

Director of Photography

Gidget Gets Married

1972

Director of Photography

5.6

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

Director of Photography

6.4

The Organization

1971

Director of Photography

6.2

Brian's Song

1971

Director of Photography

7.2

The Grissom Gang

1971

Director of Photography

6.6

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

1971

Director of Photography

6.1

Mean Justice

1971

Director of Photography

7.0

Too Late the Hero

1970

Director of Photography

6.4

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

1969

Director of Photography

6.2

The Greatest Mother of 'em All

1969

Director of Photography

Lady in Cement

1968

Director of Photography

6.1

The Detective

1968

Director of Photography

5.9

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968

Director of Photography

5.9

The Killing of Sister George

1968

Director of Photography

6.2

Fitzwilly

1967

Director of Photography

6.0

Warning Shot

1967

Director of Photography

6.3

Who's Minding the Mint?

1967

Director of Photography

7.0

Enter Laughing

1967

Director of Photography

3.8

Tony Rome

1967

Director of Photography

6.3

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966

Director of Photography

6.4

The Swinger

1966

Director of Photography

5.2

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

Director of Photography

7.2

I Saw What You Did

1965

Director of Photography

6.2

To Trap a Spy

1965

Director of Photography

5.7

Kitten with a Whip

1964

Director of Photography

5.1

Viva Las Vegas

1964

Director of Photography

6.2

The Young Lovers

1964

Director of Photography

2.0

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964

Director of Photography

7.3

Ride the Wild Surf

1964

Director of Photography

4.8

Bullet for a Badman

1964

Director of Photography

6.2

Bye Bye Birdie

1963

Director of Photography

5.9

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

1963

Director of Photography

5.9

Toys in the Attic

1963

Director of Photography

6.0

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

1963

Director of Photography

5.8

Promises! Promises!

1963

Director of Photography

4.4

Confessions of an Opium Eater

1962

Director of Photography

5.6

Hitler

1962

Director of Photography

5.7

Convicts 4

1962

Director of Photography

4.7

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961

Director of Photography

Operation Eichmann

Cinematography

13 Ghosts

Director of Photography

5.7

Ice Palace

1960

Director of Photography

5.8

Verboten!

1959

Director of Photography

6.5

The FBI Story

1959

Director of Photography

6.0

The Bat

1959

Director of Photography

5.9

Home Before Dark

1958

Director of Photography

7.0

Born Reckless

1958

Director of Photography

3.4

China Gate

1957

Director of Photography

6.1

The Unknown Terror

1957

Director of Photography

5.0

Forty Guns

1957

Director of Photography

6.6

The Garment Jungle

1957

Director of Photography

6.4

The Playroom

1957

Cinematography

The Amazing Colossal Man

1957

Director of Photography

4.5

The Ride Back

1957

Director of Photography

6.3

Run of the Arrow

1957

Director of Photography

6.0

The Black Whip

1956

Director of Photography

Attack

1956

Director of Photography

6.8

Tension at Table Rock

1956

Director of Photography

5.9

Nightmare

1956

Director of Photography

6.0

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

1956

Director of Photography

4.4

Bengazi

1955

Director of Photography

3.4

World for Ransom

1954

Director of Photography

5.1

Down Three Dark Streets

1954

Director of Photography

5.7

The Steel Cage

1954

Director of Photography

The Glass Wall

1953

Director of Photography

5.1

Vice Squad

1953

Director of Photography

6.0

Appointment in Honduras

1953

Director of Photography

5.7

The Twonky

1953

Director of Photography

3.7

Donovan's Brain

1953

Director of Photography

6.1

Loan Shark

1952

Director of Photography

5.5

Red Planet Mars

1952

Director of Photography

4.8

Without Warning!

1952

Director of Photography

5.9

Cry Danger

1951

Director of Photography

6.7

The Bushwhackers

1951

Director of Photography

5.4

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

Director of Photography

6.2

Roughshod

1949

Director of Photography

5.3

Mrs. Mike

1949

Director of Photography

2.0

Johnny Allegro

1949

Director of Photography

6.4

On Our Merry Way

1948

Director of Photography

5.6

My Dear Secretary

1948

Director of Photography

5.9

Magic Town

1947

Director of Photography

6.7

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Director of Photography

Five Came Back

Camera Operator

Where Sinners Meet

Camera Operator

Before Dawn

Camera Operator

The Lost Squadron

Camera Operator

Secrets of the French Police

Assistant Camera

Street Girl

Camera Operator

Television (4)

Scruples

1980

Director of Photography

4.5

Little Women

1978

Director of Photography

5.2

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

1977

Director of Photography

7.3

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

1976

Director of Photography

2.3