Winton Hoch

Winton C. Hoch ( born July 31, 1905 in Storm Lake, Iowa; † March 20, 1979 in Santa Monica, California ) was an American cinematographer.

Life and work

Prior to his career in film studied high at the California Institute of Technology, where he made his degree in physics in 1931. In 1934 he became a member of the Technicolor Corporation, worked as a lens technician and helped in the development of the so-called three -color printing with.

During the Second World War worked high in the years 1941-1944 for the United States Navy in the so-called photographic science laboratory. His first experience as a cameraman, he gathered the mid-1930s.

In 1948, he became involved in a historical film Joan of Arc and in 1949 this first awarded the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In the same year he turned with footprints in the sand his first film with director John Ford

Early as 1940, had received the award of the Technical Achievement Award high at the Academy Awards. This honor was given to him because of his "important Contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for of auxiliary optical System. ". In 1950, he turned along with the Ford Western The Devil Captain and the following year received high for this his second Oscar. His third trophy he won in 1953 for his contribution to the winner, also staged a John Ford film.

In the 1960s, high with the director and producer Irwin Allen started work. Increasingly, he worked for television and was a cameraman for 50 episodes of the series The Seaview - A secret mission and the complete series Time Tunnel, both of which were produced by Allen. During his lifetime, turned high his latest film 1972. Posthumously became the movie Aliens from Another Planet listed in 1982 on television, Irwin Allen was involved as a director. This is, however, a compilation of several episodes of the series The Seaview - A secret mission.

Filmography (selection)

Source

• Biography on www.filmreference.com