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Joseph Francis Biroc, ASC (February 12, 1903 – September 7, 1996) was an American cinematographer. He was born in New York City and began working in films at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After working there for approximately six years, he moved to Los Angeles. Once in Southern California, Biroc worked at the RKO Pictures movie ...
14 Photos. Joseph Biroc was destined to become one of the most versatile cinematographers in Hollywood, working on films of almost every genre. He started as a lab assistant in 1918, based at Paragon Studio, located in America's first 'film capital', Ft.Lee, New Jersey.
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cinematographer. He gained fame as an award-winning Hollywood cinematographer. Born Joseph Francis Biroc, he left Emerson High School in Union City, New Jersey, early to pursue a career in the movies, a dream he had since childhood when he saw his first film.
- New York, New York County, New York, USA
- February 12, 1903
Joseph Biroc (au centre) et James Wong Howe (à droite) He became a focus-puller for the first time in 1924 at Paramount Studios in Long Island, and then Biroc moved to Hollywood in 1927, where he worked with James Wong Howe, amongst others.
Full name Joseph F. Biroc; born February 12, 1903 (some sources say 1900), inNew York, NY (some sources say Union City, NJ); died September 7, 1996, in Woodland Hills, CA. Nationality American
Sep 17, 1996 · Joseph Biroc, 93, who shared an Academy Award for cinematography on the prototype disaster film “The Towering Inferno.”. In addition to the Oscar that Biroc shared with Fred Koenekamp, he ...
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Obituary, in American Cinematographer (Hollywood), November 1996. Obituary, in Cinefantastique (Forest Park), vol. 28, no. 6, 1996. Joseph Biroc's cinematography has a no-nonsense competence that does not draw attention to itself.
