Edward Snyder, also known as Edward J. Snyder, (1895 â€" July 10,
1982) was an American cameraman, cinematographer (director of
photography), and visual effects/special effects artist. Born in New
York City in 1895, Snyder would break into the film industry as the
Director of Photography on the 1926 silent film, The Fighting Marine,
which featured the only screen performance by boxing heavyweight
champion, Gene Tunney. He would be one of the plethora of talented
cameramen to work on the Howard Hughes' 1930 aerial classic, Hell's
Angels, along with such other notable cameramen and future directors
of photography, Paul Ivano, Henry Cronjager and Ernest Laszlo. But it
was as special effects artist that he would have his greatest success,
working on such classic films as Otto Preminger's Laura; George
Cukor's Winged Victory; The Keys of the Kingdom, starring Gregory
Peck; Elia Kazan's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Anna and the King of
Siam, starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison; and 1948's Deep Waters,
for which he was nominated for an Academy Award (losing to the special
effects team of Portrait of Jennie). Snyder died in 1982.(as per AFI's
database)
1982) was an American cameraman, cinematographer (director of
photography), and visual effects/special effects artist. Born in New
York City in 1895, Snyder would break into the film industry as the
Director of Photography on the 1926 silent film, The Fighting Marine,
which featured the only screen performance by boxing heavyweight
champion, Gene Tunney. He would be one of the plethora of talented
cameramen to work on the Howard Hughes' 1930 aerial classic, Hell's
Angels, along with such other notable cameramen and future directors
of photography, Paul Ivano, Henry Cronjager and Ernest Laszlo. But it
was as special effects artist that he would have his greatest success,
working on such classic films as Otto Preminger's Laura; George
Cukor's Winged Victory; The Keys of the Kingdom, starring Gregory
Peck; Elia Kazan's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Anna and the King of
Siam, starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison; and 1948's Deep Waters,
for which he was nominated for an Academy Award (losing to the special
effects team of Portrait of Jennie). Snyder died in 1982.(as per AFI's
database)
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