Willard Van der Veer
| Willard Van der Veer | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 23, 1894 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Encino, California, USA |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1930-1963 |
Willard Van der Veer (August 23, 1894 – June 16, 1963) was an American cinematographer who won an Academy Award at the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the film With Byrd at the South Pole[1][2] with Joseph T. Rucker. He started his career as a documentary cameraman and later did a couple episodes of Maverick and the film The Crawling Hand. Mount Van der Veer was named after him. He is the father of Frank Van der Veer, a Hollywood visual effects artist who founded Van Der Veer Photo Effects and won, in 1977, a Special Achievement Academy Award for the 1976 version of King Kong (this Oscar was shared with Carlo Rambaldi and Glen Robinson[3]).
Selected Filmography
- With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)
- The Crawling Hand (1963)
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