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Daniel L. Fapp

Cinematographer | * 04/21/1904 († 82, 07/19/1986) | Kansas City, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. (April 21, 1904 – July 19, 1986) was an American cinematographer, best known as the director of photography for West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and The Great Escape (1963). He also was nominated for Academy Awards for his cinematography for Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Five Pennies (1959), One, Two, Three (1961), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and Marooned (1969). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder ...

The Great Escape

NR

1963 | 4.0/5 | 2h 53min
Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
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After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon ...

Marooned

G

1969 | 3.0/5 | 2h 14min
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
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In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the ...

West Side Story

G

1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 32min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, be ...

Ice Station Zebra

G

1968 | 3.1/5 | 2h 28min
Adventure, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Daniel L. Fapp

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color 2x Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White 3x Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color 2x Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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Movies with Daniel L. Fapp as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)2003 West Side Memories

Movies with Daniel L. Fapp as Crew(82)

Camera/Director of Photography1969 Marooned
Camera/Director of Photography1968 5 Card Stud
Camera/Director of Photography1968 Sweet November
Camera/Director of Photography1968 Ice Station Zebra
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Double Trouble
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Lord Love a Duck
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Our Man Flint
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Spinout
Camera/Director of Photography1965 I'll Take Sweden
Camera/Director of Photography1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Send Me No Flowers
Camera/Director of Photography1964 The Pleasure Seekers
Camera/Director of Photography1963 A New Kind of Love
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Move Over, Darling
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Fun in Acapulco
Camera/Director of Photography1963 The Great Escape
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Bachelor Flat
Camera/Director of Photography1962 The Pigeon That Took Rome
Camera/Director of Photography1961 One, Two, Three
Camera/Director of Photography1961 West Side Story
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Let's Make Love
Crew/Cinematography1960 All the Young Men
Camera/Director of Photography1959 The Trap
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Li'l Abner
Camera/Director of Photography1959 The Five Pennies
Camera/Director of Photography1958 Desire Under the Elms
Camera/Director of Photography1958 Kings Go Forth
Camera/Director of Photography1957 The Joker Is Wild
Camera/Director of Photography1957 The Devil's Hairpin
Camera/Director of Photography1956 Hollywood or Bust
Camera/Director of Photography1956 The Birds and the Bees
Camera/Director of Photography1956 Pardners
Camera/Director of Photography1955 Artists and Models
Camera/Director of Photography1955 You're Never Too Young
Camera/Director of Photography1955 The Far Horizons
Camera/Director of Photography1955 Run for Cover
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Knock On Wood
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Living It Up
Camera/Director of Photography1953 The Caddy
Camera/Director of Photography1953 The Girls of Pleasure Island
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Money from Home
Camera/Director of Photography1952 Sailor Beware
Camera/Director of Photography1952 The Stooge
Camera/Director of Photography1952 Jumping Jacks
Camera/Director of Photography1952 Anything Can Happen
Camera/Director of Photography1951 Darling, How Could You!
Camera/Director of Photography1951 The Lemon Drop Kid
Camera/Director of Photography1951 The Redhead and The Cowboy
Camera/Director of Photography1950 Union Station
Camera/Director of Photography1950 No Man of Her Own
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Song of Surrender
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Bride of Vengeance
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Sorrowful Jones
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Red Hot and Blue
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Dream Girl
Crew/Cinematography1948 Dream Girl
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Hazard
Camera/Director of Photography1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
Camera/Director of Photography1947 Suddenly It's Spring
Camera/Director of Photography1947 Golden Earrings
Camera/Director of Photography1946 To Each His Own
Camera/Director of Photography1945 Kitty
Camera/Director of Photography1945 You Came Along
Camera/Director of Photography1945 Hold That Blonde!
Camera/Director of Photography1944 Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Camera/Director of Photography1944 And Now Tomorrow
Camera/Director of Photography1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Camera/Director of Photography1944 Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Henry Aldrich Swings It
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Lady Bodyguard
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Camera/Director of Photography1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Camera/Director of Photography1942 True to the Army
Camera/Director of Photography1942 Priorities on Parade
Camera/Director of Photography1942 Henry and Dizzy
Camera/Director of Photography1941 World Premiere
Crew/Cinematography1941 World Premiere
Camera/Director of Photography1941 Glamour Boy
Camera/Camera Operator1931 Rich Man's Folly
Camera/Camera Operator1931 Huckleberry Finn
Camera/Assistant Camera1929 The Wild Party

Born: Thursday, 04/21 1904 (April) in Kansas City, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 07/19 1986 (July) in Laguna Niguel (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Daniel L. Fapp (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Daniel Fapp"
"Dan Fapp"
Daniel L. Fapp frequently works together with these people:
Sam Comer (30x, Crew)
Wally Westmore (27x, Crew)
Edith Head (26x, Crew)
Hal Pereira (24x, Crew)
Hans Dreier (13x, Crew)
Joseph J. Lilley (13x, Crew)
Jerry Lewis (11x, Actor)
Dean Martin (11x, Actor)
Gene Garvin (11x, Crew)
Mitchell Leisen (11x, Crew)
John P. Fulton (10x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:23937, Added: 05/07/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024