James Crabe

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-08-19 (58 years old)

Deathday

1989-05-02

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

James Crabe

Biography

James Crabe (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was an American cinematographer known for his work in the 1970s and '80s on numerous films, including Rocky, The China Syndrome, Night Shift, The Karate Kid, and Thank God It's Friday. He was a part of the 1960s underground film collective known as Gay Girls Riding Club, a group of gay men in the industry, who spoofed Hollywood movies in a series of elaborate amateur films.

Acting

2006

Tribute To James Crabe

as Himself (archive footage)

Production

1979

The China Syndrome

as Director of Photography

1976

Rocky

as Director of Photography

1984

The Karate Kid

as Director of Photography

1985

1975

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

as Director of Photography

1985

Covenant

as Director of Photography

1985

The Hugga Bunch

as Director of Photography

1982

The Letter

as Director of Photography

1964

Everybody Loves It

as Director of Photography

1971

A Step Out of Line

as Director of Photography

1980

The Formula

as Director of Photography

1973

The Great American Beauty Contest

as Director of Photography

1989

1986

When the Bough Breaks

as Director of Photography

1978

Sextette

as Director of Photography

1971

Sweet, Sweet Rachel

as Director of Photography

1987

Happy New Year

as Director of Photography

1975

The Dead Don't Die

as Director of Photography

1980

The Baltimore Bullet

as Director of Photography

1976

The Disappearance of Aimee

as Director of Photography

1970

Sole Survivor

as Director of Photography

1972

The Honkers

as Director of Photography

1966

Agent for H.A.R.M.

as Director of Photography

1970

Zig Zag

as Director of Photography

1973

Save the Tiger

as Director of Photography

1987

Her Secret Life

as Director of Photography

1987

Deadly Care

as Director of Photography

1978

A Death in Canaan

as Director of Photography

1984

Family Secrets

as Director of Photography

1977

1975

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

as Director of Photography

1988

For Keeps

as Director of Photography

1986

1960

The Proper Time

as Director of Photography

1982

Night Shift

as Director of Photography

1980

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

as Director of Photography

1979

1978

Thank God It's Friday

as Director of Photography

1965

The Bold Men

as Cinematography

1970

Lost Flight

as Director of Photography

1972

All About Alice

as Cinematography

1979

Players

as Director of Photography

1974

Rhinoceros

as Director of Photography

1974

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

as Director of Photography

1986

The Karate Kid Part II

as Director of Photography

1983

Two Kinds of Love

as Director of Photography

1984

Concrete Beat

as Director of Photography

1962

Always on Sunday

as Director

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