Robert Burks
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-07-04
Day of Death
1968-05-13 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Chino Hills, California, USA
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 Marnie in 1964, he shot every Hitchcock film except Psycho in 1960. Additional credits include The Fountainhead, Beyond the Forest, The Glass Menagerie, The Spirit of St. Louis, The Music Man, and A Patch of Blue.
Burks and his wife died in a house fire in 1968 in Huntington Harbor, California.
Crew
(1967)
Waterhole #3
Director of Photography
(1965)
A Patch of Blue
Director of Photography
(1965)
Once a Thief
Director of Photography
(1964)
Marnie
Director of Photography
(1963)
The Birds
Director of Photography
(1962)
The Music Man
Director of Photography
(1961)
The Pleasure of His Company
Director of Photography
(1960)
The Rat Race
Director of Photography
(1960)
The Great Impostor
Director of Photography
(1959)
North by Northwest
Director of Photography
(1959)
But Not for Me
Director of Photography
(1959)
The Black Orchid
Director of Photography
(1958)
Vertigo
Director of Photography
(1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Director of Photography
(1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Director of Photography
(1956)
The Vagabond King
Director of Photography
(1956)
The Wrong Man
Director of Photography
(1955)
To Catch a Thief
Director of Photography
(1955)
The Trouble with Harry
Director of Photography
(1954)
Dial M for Murder
Director of Photography
(1954)
Rear Window
Director of Photography
(1953)
Hondo
Director of Photography
(1953)
House of Wax
Other
(1953)
I Confess
Director of Photography
(1953)
The Desert Song
Director of Photography
(1952)
Mara Maru
Director of Photography
(1952)
Room for One More
Director of Photography
(1952)
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Special Effects
(1951)
Strangers on a Train
Director of Photography
(1951)
The Enforcer
Director of Photography
(1951)
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Director of Photography
(1951)
Close to My Heart
Director of Photography
(1951)
Come Fill the Cup
Director of Photography
(1950)
The Glass Menagerie
Director of Photography
(1949)
The Fountainhead
Director of Photography
(1949)
Beyond the Forest
Director of Photography
(1949)
Task Force
Director of Photography
(1949)
A Kiss in the Dark
Director of Photography
(1949)
The Younger Brothers
Special Effects
(1948)
Key Largo
Special Effects
(1947)
Cry Wolf
Special Effects
(1947)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Special Effects
(1947)
Possessed
Special Effects
(1947)
The Unfaithful
Special Effects
(1945)
Star in the Night
Director of Photography
(1945)
Pride of the Marines
Special Effects
(1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Special Effects
(1944)
Jammin' the Blues
Director of Photography
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
Director of Photography
(1942)
Kings Row
Special Effects
(1942)
In This Our Life
Special Effects
(1941)
The Great Lie
Special Effects
(1941)
Highway West
Special Effects
(1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Special Effects