Louis Clyde Stoumen (July 15, 1917 â€" September 13, 1991), known as
Lou Stoumen, was an American photographer, film director and producer.
He won two Academy Awards; the first in 1957 for Best Documentary
Short Subject (The True Story of the Civil War), and the second in
1963 for Best Documentary Feature (Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of
Adolf Hitler).Stoumen was born in Springtown, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, and died in Sebastopol, California. After graduating
from Lehigh University in 1939, he worked as a freelance journalist
and photographer in New York. Many of the photographs of Times Square
he made were published in the 1985 book Times Square: 45 Years of
Photographs.Stoumen taught at UCLA Film School. He spoke of his
innovation in The True Story of the Civil War. He invented a track for
the camera to move back and forth over historic photos and paintings.
It also tracked up and down (in and out). The technique is often
referred to today as the "Ken Burns effect".
Lou Stoumen, was an American photographer, film director and producer.
He won two Academy Awards; the first in 1957 for Best Documentary
Short Subject (The True Story of the Civil War), and the second in
1963 for Best Documentary Feature (Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of
Adolf Hitler).Stoumen was born in Springtown, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, and died in Sebastopol, California. After graduating
from Lehigh University in 1939, he worked as a freelance journalist
and photographer in New York. Many of the photographs of Times Square
he made were published in the 1985 book Times Square: 45 Years of
Photographs.Stoumen taught at UCLA Film School. He spoke of his
innovation in The True Story of the Civil War. He invented a track for
the camera to move back and forth over historic photos and paintings.
It also tracked up and down (in and out). The technique is often
referred to today as the "Ken Burns effect".
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