Robert Burks

CinematographerCrewVisual Effects Jul 4 (died age 58) Chino Hills, California, USA 1937–1967 (30 year career)

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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 wi…

Known For

Film

Rear Window

Director of Photography

Film

Vertigo

Director of Photography

Film

North by Northwest

Director of Photography

Film

Dial M for Murder

Director of Photography

Film

The Birds

Director of Photography

Film

Strangers on a Train

Director of Photography

Film

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Director of Photography

Film

To Catch a Thief

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (57)

Movies (57)

Waterhole #3

1967

Director of Photography

5.8

Once a Thief

1965

Director of Photography

6.4

A Patch of Blue

1965

Director of Photography

7.6

Marnie

1964

Director of Photography

7.1

The Birds

1963

Director of Photography

7.5

The Music Man

1962

Director of Photography

7.1

The Pleasure of His Company

1961

Director of Photography

6.2

The Great Impostor

1960

Director of Photography

6.9

The Rat Race

1960

Director of Photography

6.6

North by Northwest

1959

Director of Photography

8.0

But Not for Me

1959

Director of Photography

6.0

The Black Orchid

1959

Director of Photography

6.2

Vertigo

1958

Director of Photography

8.1

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

Director of Photography

6.7

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

Director of Photography

7.4

The Wrong Man

1956

Director of Photography

7.1

The Vagabond King

1956

Director of Photography

5.7

To Catch a Thief

1955

Director of Photography

7.3

The Trouble with Harry

1955

Director of Photography

7.0

Rear Window

1954

Director of Photography

8.3

Dial M for Murder

1954

Director of Photography

8.0

I Confess

1953

Director of Photography

House of Wax

Other

Hondo

Director of Photography

6.6

The Desert Song

1953

Director of Photography

6.5

Room for One More

1952

Director of Photography

6.5

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

1952

Special Effects

5.9

Mara Maru

1952

Director of Photography

4.8

Strangers on a Train

1951

Director of Photography

7.7

Come Fill the Cup

1951

Director of Photography

7.0

The Enforcer

1951

Director of Photography

7.1

Tomorrow Is Another Day

1951

Director of Photography

6.5

Close to My Heart

1951

Director of Photography

6.5

The Glass Menagerie

1950

Director of Photography

5.6

Task Force

1949

Director of Photography

7.0

The Fountainhead

1949

Director of Photography

6.8

Beyond the Forest

1949

Director of Photography

The Younger Brothers

Special Effects

A Kiss in the Dark

Director of Photography

Key Largo

Special Effects

To the Victor

Cinematography

Cry Wolf

1947

Special Effects

5.9

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

Special Effects

The Unfaithful

Special Effects

The Unsuspected

Visual Effects

Possessed

Special Effects

Star in the Night

Director of Photography

Pride of the Marines

Special Effects

Arsenic and Old Lace

Special Effects

Make Your Own Bed

Director of Photography

5.8

Jammin' the Blues

1944

Director of Photography

In This Our Life

Special Effects

Kings Row

Special Effects

The Great Lie

Special Effects

Highway West

Special Effects

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Special Effects

Marked Woman

Special Effects