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Edward Cronjager (21 March 1904 – 15 June 1960) was an American cinematographer whose career spanned from the silent era through the 1950s. He came from a family of cinematographers, with his father, uncle, and brother all working in the film industry behind the camera.
Edward Cronjager was born on 21 March 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Heaven Can Wait (1943), Home in Indiana (1944) and Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953).
Edward Cronjager (March 21, 1904 – June 15, 1960) was an American cinematographer. His film career began in 1925, with Womanhandled, and ended in 1961 with The Devil's Partner, although he died over a year prior to the film's opening in Atlanta.
Edward Cronjager was born on March 21, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Heaven Can Wait (1943), Home in Indiana (1944) and Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953).
Born: 1904. Family: Married the actress Kay Sutton (divorced). Career: Assistant cameraman from the early 1920s; 1925—first film as cinematographer, Womanhandled ; then worked for Paramount, Fox, and other studios; 1950s—television work for Ziv company. Died: In 1960.
Cronjager pioneered several new techniques and types of cinematography, developing new camera angles in the 1920s, working on one of the earliest film noirs in the 1940s, and using CinemaScope in underwater photography in the 1950s.
Jul 18, 2022 · Edward Cronjager ASC (1904 –1960) was in my view one of the most talented of all cinematographers, a real artist, and many of the fourteen feature Westerns he shot, between 1929 and 1954, were remarkable for their visual beauty and technical mastery.
