Joseph F. Biroc

Joseph Francis Biroc, A.S.C. (February 12, 1903 - September 7, 1996) was a highly successful movie and TV cinematographer. Mr. Biroc was born in New York City, and he began working in movies at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After working for about six years with that company, he moved to Los Angeles, after also working for Paramount Pictures' Long Island Studios. Once in Southern California, Biroc began working with the RKO Pictures Company. During World War II, Mr. Biroc served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and he filmed the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. By 1950, Mr. Biroc had left RKO Pictures and, much in demand to work in the movies, began working on a number of various film genres and for several different...