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Special effects artist, cinematographer. Years active. 1914-1957. Hans Frederick Koenekamp (December 3, 1891 – September 12, 1992) was an American special effects artist and cinematographer. [ 1] He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects for the film Air Force (1943). [ 2] He worked on more than 90 films during his career.
Hans F. Koenekamp (1891-1992) Hans F. Koenekamp. Special Effects. Cinematographer. Camera and Electrical Department. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Born in Denison, Iowa, of immigrant parents from Oldenburg, Germany, Hans Koenekamp began his film career with a job as a motion picture projectionist. He became a cinematographer in 1913 at Mack ...
- Hans F. Koenekamp
- September 12, 1992
- December 3, 1891
Sep 15, 1992 · Sept. 15, 1992 12 AM PT. Hans F. Koenekamp, a pioneer cinematographer whose career started in the silent film era, has died at his Northridge home. He was 100. Koenekamp died Saturday of ...
Added: Jul 7, 2015. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 148799997. Source citation. Pioneer Cinematographer and Special Effects Artist. Active in Hollywood from 1913 through the early 1960s, he worked on over 90 movies. He came to California in 1911, getting his first movie industry job as a cameraman at the Mack Sennett Keystone Studio in 1913, where he ...
Born in Denison, Iowa, of immigrant parents from Oldenburg, Germany, Hans Koenekamp began his film career with a job as a motion picture projectionist. He became a cinematographer in 1913 at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. He later worked at Fox Films and then joined Vitagraph in 1917, where he photographed all the Larry Semoncomedies. When Warner Bros. purchased First National's studio in ...
Sep 12, 1992 · A pioneer in the field of special effects photography, Koenekamp began his career as a camera operator for Mack Sennett's Keystone studio, where he filmed such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson and the famed Keystone Kops. He then went on to Vitagraph Studios, where he had a long...
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Fred J. Koenekamp. Frederick James Koenekamp, A.S.C. (November 11, 1922 – May 31, 2017 [1]) was an American cinematographer. [2] He was the son of cinematographer Hans F. Koenekamp. [3] Koenekamp worked in television and feature films from the 1960s, earning two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
