Robert Burks
Personal Info
Know For
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-07-04 (59 years old)
Deathday
1968-05-13
Place of Birth
Chino Hills, California, USA
Also known As
Leslie Robert Burks
L. Robert Burks
Robert Burks
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 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 Mar...
Production
1959
as Director of Photography
1955
as Director of Photography
1958
as Director of Photography
1964
as Director of Photography
1954
as Director of Photography
1954
as Director of Photography
1956
as Director of Photography
1963
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director of Photography
1955
as Director of Photography
1953
as Director of Photography
1949
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director of Photography
1949
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director of Photography
1950
as Director of Photography
1957
as Director of Photography
1953
as Other
1956
as Director of Photography
1947
as Special Effects
1951
as Director of Photography
1947
as Special Effects
1953
as Director of Photography
1952
as Director of Photography
1949
as Director of Photography
1962
as Director of Photography
1967
as Director of Photography
1941
as Special Effects
1951
as Director of Photography
1942
as Special Effects
1944
as Special Effects
1940
as Special Effects
1948
as Special Effects
1965
as Director of Photography
1941
as Special Effects
1949
as Director of Photography
1965
as Director of Photography
1956
as Director of Photography
1960
as Director of Photography
1959
as Director of Photography
1953
as Director of Photography
1947
as Special Effects
1949
as Special Effects
1952
as Director of Photography
1961
as Director of Photography
1952
as Special Effects
1945
as Director of Photography
1944
as Director of Photography
1947
as Special Effects
1944
as Director of Photography
1960
as Director of Photography
1959
as Director of Photography
1945
as Special Effects
1942
as Special Effects
1937
as Special Effects
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