Paul Perry (cinematographer)

Paul Perry
Perry on the set of At the End of the World
Born
Paul Percy Perry

December 13, 1891
Denver, Colorado, USA
DiedOctober 24, 1963 (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationCinematographer
RelativesHarry Perry (brother)

Paul Percy Perry (1891 – 1963) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1940s.[1] He was the brother of fellow cameraman Harry Perry.[2]

Biography

Paul was born in Colorado to Frank Perry and Fanny Teeter. He worked at Pickford-Fairbanks Studios on films like 1923's Rosita and was also noted for being one of Mack Sennett's cameraman.[3] He was a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers, and served on its board of governors early on.[4]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Craigmont, Courtesy of Dick Southern. "Blast from the Past: 1918". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. ^ Wohl, Robert (2005). The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10692-3.
  3. ^ Walker, Brent E. (2010-01-13). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6.
  4. ^ American Cinematographer. ASC Holding Corporation. 1922.


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