Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Born in Memphis, TN. Began as camera operator in American films in 1960 (INHERIT THE WIND). Worked in that capacity on JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961), A CHILD IS WAITING and IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (both 1963) and HAWAII (1966). Became director of photography in 1966 on low budget features, then graduated to "A" pictures. Other credits include CHE! (1969), PIECES OF DREAMS (1970), COLD TURKEY (1971), SILENT RUNNING (1972). He started working mainly in television, but still did some features: TRUCK TURNER (1974), FREAKY FRIDAY (1976), THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE(1978), C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979), THE LAST FLIGHT OF NOAH'S ARK (1980), THE PURSUIT OF D. B. COOPER and CONDORMAN (both 1981) and his last feature, THE BEST OF TIMES (1986).  Nominated for Cinematography 1970: TORA! TORA! TORA! (w. Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda & Masamichi Satoh) 1 nomination