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#1: [Right, with beret] with Michael Winner [kneeling] & Charles Bronson [left] - "Death Wish" [1974]
#2: [Left] with Shirley Clarke - "The Connection" [1960]
Born: 28 November 1916, New York City, N.Y., as Arthur Jacob Ornitz, son of scriptwriter Samuel Ornitz [1890-1957] & Sadie F. Lesser (1890-1989]
Died: 10 July 1985, New York City, N.Y.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles.
Career: Was a member of Frank Capra's Signal Corps Film Unit during WWII. Was a New York-based doph.
Ph numerous commercials for MPO Videotronis and EUE, top commercial prod companies in New York City.
Ph Jon Voight's screen-test for 'Midnight Cowboy' [February 1968].
Was a member of the ASC.
His brother Don [1920-72] was a still ph. His son Kim [born 1951] is a sound mixer.
FILMS | |
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1939 |
Power and the Land [Joris Ivens] b&w; doc/38m; cph: Floyd Crosby; prod by U.S. Film Service for the Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 2 more doc's were edited from this footage: 'Bip Goes to Town' & 'The Worst of Farm Disasters' |
194? |
The March of Time [?] newsreel/doc series, 1935-51 |
1949 |
Au carrefour de la vie/Crossroads of Life/Op de viersprong van het leven [Henri Storck] b&w; dram doc/28m; as doph; cinematographer: François Rents; prod United Nations Film Board |
1950 |
Vesterhavsdrenge/The Boys of the Western Sea [Astrid & Bjarne Henning-Jensen] b&w; cph: Poul Pedersen & Jørgen Skov; see Television (1957) |
1950 |
Kranes konditori/Krane's Cake Shop/Café Krane [Astrid Henning-Jensen] b&w; cph: Per-Gunnar Jonson |
1951 |
Ukjent mann/Unknown Man/The Stranger [Astrid Henning-Jensen] b&w |
1951 |
Vi arme syndere/We Poor Sinners [Ole Palsbo & Erik Balling] b&w; cph: Verner Jensen, Poul Pedersen & Jørgen Skov |
1957 |
The Goddess [John Cromwell] b&w |
1958 |
The Pusher [Gene Milford] b&w |
1958 |
Kiss Her Goodbye [Albert Lipton] b&w |
[Left] with Shirley Clarke [center] on the set of "The Connection"
1960 |
The Connection [Shirley Clarke] b&w-c |
1960 |
Correct Application of Miss Clairol [Ralph Rosenblum] ?; comm doc/17m; describes and discusses the proper method for professional application of Miss Clairol hair coloring |
1961 |
The Young Doctors [Phil Karlson] b&w |
1961 |
The Teenage Millionaire [Lawrence Doheny] b&w-c; ph Musicolor songs; ph: Gordon Avil |
1961 |
Without Each Other [Saul Swimmer] c |
1961 |
After Hours [Shepard Traube] b&w; mus perf/27m |
1961 |
The Shoes [Ernest Pintoff] b&w; short/25m |
1962 |
Jacktown [William Martin] b&w; 62m |
1962 |
Requiem for a Heavyweight/Blood Money [Ralph Nelson] b&w; remake of live ep tv-series 'Playhouse 90' (1956) |
1963 |
Act One [Dore Schary] b&w |
1963 |
The World of Henry Orient [George Roy Hill] p/c; cph: Boris Kaufman (started the film, but left) |
1964 |
At War With the Experts - Decision. The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman [Ben Gradus] 16mm/b&w; doc/26m |
1964 |
A Thousand Clowns [Fred Coe] b&w; assoc ph: Joe Coffey |
1966 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream [Dan Ericksen & George Balanchine] p/c; ballet film/93m |
1966 |
The Tiger Makes Out [Arthur Hiller] c |
1968 |
Charly [Ralph Nelson] ts/c |
1968 |
Me, Natalie [Fred Coe] c |
1969 |
Change of Mind [Robert Stevens] c |
1969 |
The Boys in the Band [William Friedkin] c |
[Right] with Roger Davis and Dan Curtis [center] - "House of Dark Shadows"
1970 |
House of Dark Shadows [Dan Curtis] c |
1970 |
Soldier Blue [Ralph Nelson] p/c; uncred cph; replaced after several weeks by doph Robert Hauser |
1970 |
The Anderson Tapes [Sidney Lumet] c |
1971 |
The Possession of Joel Delaney [Waris Hussein] c |
1971 |
Minnie and Moskowitz [John Cassavetes] c; cph: Alric Edens, Michael Margulies & J. Cassavetes |
1972 |
Blacksnake! [- The Whip!]/Sweet Suzy/Slaves/Dutchess of Doom [Russ Meyer] p/c; 2uc: R. Meyer |
1972 |
Badge 373 [Howard W. Koch] c |
1973 |
Serpico [Sidney Lumet] p/c |
1974 |
Death Wish [Michael Winner] c |
1974 |
Law and Disorder [Ivan Passer] p/c |
1975 |
e'Lollipop/Forever Young, Forever Free [Ashley Lazarus] c |
1975 |
Next Stop, Greenwich Village [Paul Mazursky] c |
1975 |
Thieves [John Berry (replaced by Al Viola)] c; cph: Andrew Laszlo |
1977 |
An Unmarried Woman [Paul Mazursky] c |
1978 |
Oliver's Story [John Korty] c |
1980 |
Tattoo [Bob Brooks] c; ph Tokyo seq: Michael Seresin |
1980 |
The Chosen [Jeremy Paul Kagan] c |
1981 |
Hanky Panky [Sidney Poitier]c; 2uc: Frank M. Holgate |
1985 |
Heart of the Garden [Lavinia M. Currier] c; 64m; cph: Edward Lachman |
TELEVISION | |
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1953 |
Bulletin from Bertie [Charles Powers] unsold pilot/b&w/30m; for ABC-tv (possibly unaired) |
1955 |
Change Ringers of Kent [Arthur Ornitz] ep (8m/b&w) of cultural series 'Omnibus', 1952-61 |
1956 |
Out of Darkness [Al Wasserman] doc/b&w/59m; for CBS-tv |
1957 |
The Boys of the Western Sea [chopped up version of the Danish film 'Vesterhavsdrenge' (1950) for Disney's 'Mickey Mouse Club'] 9-part (x 10m) serial/b&w; aired in April on ABC-tv |
1957 |
Decision [ep #12 'Man Against Crime' dir by Richard L. Bare] 13-part dramatic anthology series/b&w, 1958 (NBC-tv); prod in 1957 as a pilot for a program intended for broadcast on ABC-tv, and eventually aired as part of the anthology series 'Decision' on NBC-tv, 21 September 1958 |
1963 |
Eisenhower on Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief [Lynwood King] special/?m; for NBC-tv |
1963 |
East Side / West Side [ep #17 'It's War, Man' dir by Daniel Petrie] 26-part drama series, 1963-64/b&w (CBS-tv); other ph: John S. Priestley |
1963 |
Mark Dolphin [?] unsold pilot; for CBS-tv |
1964 |
The Making of a Doctor, Chapter 3 - A Wider World [Lee R. Bobker] doc/b&w/29m; for National Educational TV |
1964 |
Carol for Another Christmas [Joseph L. Mankiewicz] tvm/b&w |
1972 |
Honor Thy Father [Paul Wendkos] tvm; cph: Howard Schwartz; released to theaters outside USA |
1977 |
The Quinns [Daniel Petrie] tvm |
1977 |
Wilma [Bud Greenspan] tvm |
1979 |
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure [George Schaefer] tvm |
1979 |
Hardhat and Legs [Lee Philips] tvm |
1979 |
Playing for Time [Daniel Mann & (uncred) Joseph Sargent (replaced original dir Tony Richardson)] tvm |
1982 |
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana [Peter Levin] tvm |
1983 |
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number [Linda Yellen] tvm |
1983 |
First Affair [Gus Trikonis] tvm |
FILMS & TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR |
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1936 |
Wanted - A Master [co-d: Gunther von Fritsch] a 'Pete Smith Specialty'/10m/b&w; ph: ? |
1940 |
A Musical Message from Hollywood [Herbert Biberman & Frank Tuttle; mus short] asst dir; ph: ? |
1951 |
I gode hender/In Good Hands/In Our Hands [short made in Norway] ph: Tore B. Thoresen |
1955 |
Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan [dir] ph: ?; ep (6m/b&w) of cultural series 'Omnibus', 1952-61 |
1955 |
Change Ringers of Kent [+ ph] see Television |
1970 |
Denmark 43 [doc/re-enactment/23m] ph: Frank Poulsen; for the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles |
1971 |
Make a Wish [ep #1] children's tv-series/b&w, 1971-76 (ABC-tv); ph: ? |