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Daniel L. Fapp

Camera

Born April 21, 1904 · Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Died July 19, 1986

Also known as Daniel Fapp · Dan Fapp

Biography

Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. (April 21, 1904 – July 19, 1986) was an American cinematographer, best known as 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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Color · 1962
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 1970 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 1969 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Color · 1965 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Color · 1962 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1962 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Color · 1960 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1959 · nominated

Filmography43 titles

The Great Escape

1963Director of Photography

West Side Story

1961Director of Photography

Darling, How Could You!

1951Director of Photography

Sweet November

1968Director of Photography

To Each His Own

1946Director of Photography

Shanghai Express

1932Second Assistant Camera

The Trap

1959Director of Photography

The Five Pennies

1959Director of Photography

No Man of Her Own

1950Director of Photography

Send Me No Flowers

1964Director of Photography

Desire Under the Elms

1958Director of Photography

Run for Cover

1955Director of Photography

Move Over, Darling

1963Director of Photography

All the Young Men

1960Director of Photography

Pardners

1956Director of Photography

Artists and Models

1955Director of Photography

The Stooge

1951Director of Photography

You're Never Too Young

1955Director of Photography

Living It Up

1954Director of Photography

Jumping Jacks

1952Director of Photography

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951Director of Photography

Union Station

1950Director of Photography

Our Man Flint

1966Director of Photography

Let's Make Love

1960Director of Photography

The Caddy

1953Director of Photography

Ice Station Zebra

1968Director of Photography

The Far Horizons

1955Director of Photography

Sailor Beware

1952Director of Photography

5 Card Stud

1968Director of Photography

A New Kind of Love

1963Director of Photography

Hollywood or Bust

1956Director of Photography

Kings Go Forth

1958Director of Photography

Marooned

1969Director of Photography

Money from Home

1953Director of Photography

Fun in Acapulco

1963Director of Photography

The Girls of Pleasure Island

1953Director of Photography

Lord Love a Duck

1966Director of Photography

Spinout

1966Director of Photography

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1964Director of Photography

The Redhead and the Cowboy

1951Director of Photography

Bride of Vengeance

1949Director of Photography

I'll Take Sweden

1965Director of Photography

Double Trouble

1967Director of Photography