Joseph F. Biroc

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-02-12 (93 years old)

Deathday

1996-09-07

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Joseph F. Biroc

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 and freelanced on projects at various studios. In addition to his film work, which included It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and The Flight of the Phoenix (...

Production

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Director of Photography

1971

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

as Director of Photography

1964

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as Director of Photography

1980

Airplane!

as Director of Photography

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel

as Director of Photography

1964

Viva Las Vegas

as Director of Photography

1965

The Flight of the Phoenix

as Director of Photography

1974

The Longest Yard

as Director of Photography

1975

Hustle

as Director of Photography

1974

Blazing Saddles

as Director of Photography

1984

The Jerk, Too

as Director of Photography

1972

The Crooked Hearts

as Director of Photography

1973

Emperor of the North

as Director of Photography

1951

Cry Danger

as Director of Photography

1956

Attack

as Director of Photography

1952

Red Planet Mars

as Director of Photography

1952

Without Warning!

as Director of Photography

1953

The Glass Wall

as Director of Photography

1956

Nightmare

as Director of Photography

1954

World for Ransom

as Director of Photography

1972

Ulzana's Raid

as Director of Photography

1968

Lady in Cement

as Director of Photography

1964

Ride the Wild Surf

as Director of Photography

1953

Donovan's Brain

as Director of Photography

1954

Down Three Dark Streets

as Director of Photography

1949

Johnny Allegro

as Director of Photography

1952

Loan Shark

as Director of Photography

1953

Vice Squad

as Director of Photography

1963

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

as Director of Photography

1967

Warning Shot

as Director of Photography

1933

Before Dawn

as Camera Operator

1949

Roughshod

as Director of Photography

1932

The Lost Squadron

as Camera Operator

1957

The Unknown Terror

as Director of Photography

1982

Desperate Lives

as Director of Photography

1986

A Winner Never Quits

as Director of Photography

1974

Thursday's Game

as Director of Photography

1980

The Gambler

as Director of Photography

1953

Appointment in Honduras

as Director of Photography

1964

Bullet for a Badman

as Director of Photography

1950

The Killer That Stalked New York

as Director of Photography

1973

Cahill: United States Marshal

as Director of Photography

1963

Promises! Promises!

as Director of Photography

1966

The Swinger

as Director of Photography

1968

The Killing of Sister George

as Director of Photography

1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Director of Photography

1981

...All the Marbles

as Director of Photography

1959

The FBI Story

as Director of Photography

1977

The Choirboys

as Director of Photography

1953

The Twonky

as Director of Photography

1967

Fitzwilly

as Director of Photography

1958

Home Before Dark

as Director of Photography

1985

Father of Hell Town

as Director of Photography

1955

Bengazi

as Director of Photography

1957

Forty Guns

as Director of Photography

1977

SST: Death Flight

as Director of Photography

1969

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

as Director of Photography

1954

The Steel Cage

as Director of Photography

1949

Mrs. Mike

as Director of Photography

1967

Enter Laughing

as Director of Photography

1976

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

as Director of Photography

1963

Toys in the Attic

as Director of Photography

1970

Too Late the Hero

as Director of Photography

1971

The Grissom Gang

as Director of Photography

1971

The Organization

as Director of Photography

1963

Bye Bye Birdie

as Director of Photography

1957

The Garment Jungle

as Director of Photography

1948

On Our Merry Way

as Director of Photography

1948

My Dear Secretary

as Director of Photography

1947

Magic Town

as Director of Photography

1957

Run of the Arrow

as Director of Photography

1971

Brian's Song

as Director of Photography

1959

The Bat

as Director of Photography

1957

The Ride Back

as Director of Photography

1957

The Amazing Colossal Man

as Director of Photography

1951

The Bushwhackers

as Director of Photography

1962

Hitler

as Director of Photography

1965

I Saw What You Did

as Director of Photography

1960

Ice Palace

as Director of Photography

1961

Gold of the Seven Saints

as Director of Photography

1971

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

as Director of Photography

1967

Who's Minding the Mint?

as Director of Photography

1956

Tension at Table Rock

as Director of Photography

1964

The Young Lovers

as Director of Photography

1978

The Clone Master

as Director of Photography

1960

13 Ghosts

as Director of Photography

1962

Convicts 4

as Director of Photography

1974

The Towering Inferno

as Additional Photography

1956

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

as Director of Photography

1961

Operation Eichmann

as Cinematography

1974

Wonder Woman

as Director of Photography

1958

Born Reckless

as Director of Photography

1982

Hammett

as Director of Photography

1957

China Gate

as Director of Photography

1972

Playmates

as Director of Photography

1972

Gidget Gets Married

as Director of Photography

1962

Confessions of an Opium Eater

as Director of Photography

1964

Kitten with a Whip

as Director of Photography

1939

Five Came Back

as Camera Operator

1929

Street Girl

as Camera Operator

1959

Verboten!

as Director of Photography

1974

Shanks

as Director of Photography

1956

The Black Whip

as Director of Photography

1978

A Family Upside Down

as Director of Photography

1968

The Detective

as Director of Photography

1979

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as Director of Photography

1974

Honky Tonk

as Cinematography

1967

Tony Rome

as Director of Photography

1969

The Greatest Mother of 'em All

as Director of Photography

1971

Mean Justice

as Director of Photography

1963

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

as Director of Photography

1934

Where Sinners Meet

as Camera Operator

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