Fred Koenekamp Biography (1922-)

Full name, Frederick James Koenekamp; born November 11, 1922, in Los Angeles,CA; son of Hans Frederick (a special effects cinematographer) and Lucretia Anne (maiden name, Scareneo) Koenekamp; married Janice Dolores Loe, August 30,1946; children: Stephen, Barbara, Kathryn, Donna, Jim. Politics: Republican. Religion: Roman Catholic. Career: Cinematographer, camera operator, and camera assistant. RKO Radio Pictures studios, film loader, 1946-48; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, assistant cameraman, camera operator andcinematographer, 1948-69; freelance cinematographer, Northridge, CA, 1969--.Military service: United States National Reserve, 1942-46. Member: American Society of Cinematographers, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, International Photographers. Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nomination, best individual achievement in cinematography--black and white, 1964-65, best individual achievement in cinematography--color, 1965-66, both forThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, 1970, for Patton; Academy Award, best cinematography (with Joseph F. Biroc), British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, bestcinematography, both 1974, for The Towering Inferno; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, 1977, for Islands in the Stream. Addresses: Contact: 9756 Shoshone Avenue, Northridge, CA 91324.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, Camera operator, Camera assistant
Birth Details: November 11, 1922; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Cinematographer, Except Where Indicated
(Uncredited) Camera assistant, Raintree Country, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
Camera operator, Watusi, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
Camera operator, Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961
(Uncredited) Camera operator, The Hook, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
The Spy with My Face, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
The Spy in the Green Hat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
One of Our Spies Is Missing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
One Spy Too Many, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
The Karate Killers (also known as The Five Daughters Affair), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Live a Little, Love a Little, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
(As Fred Koenekamp) Sol Madrid (also known as The Heroin Gang), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Stay Away, Joe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Heaven with a Gun, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
The Great Bank Robbery, Warner Bros., 1969
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (also known as Hollywood Vixens), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
(As Fred Koenekamp) Patton (also known as Patton: A Salute to aRebel and Patton: Lust for Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Flap (also known as The Last Warrior), Warner Bros., 1970
Skin Game, 1971
Happy Birthday, Wanda June, 1971
(As Fred Koenekamp) Billy Jack, Warner Bros., 1971
Stand Up and Be Counted, Columbia, 1972
Kansas City Bomber, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
The Magnificent Seven Ride!, United Artists, 1972
Rage, 1972
Harry in Your Pocket, United Artists, 1973
(As Fred Koenekamp) Papillion, Allied Artists, 1973
Uptown Saturday Night, 1974
The Towering Inferno, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
The Wild McCullochs (also known as The McCullochs), American International Pictures, 1975
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, Warner Bros., 1975
Posse, Paramount, 1975
White Line Fever, Columbia, 1975
Embryo (also known as Created to Kill), Cine Artists, 1976
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Paramount, 1977
Fun with Dick and Jane, Columbia, 1977
The Domino Principle (also known as The Domino Killings), 1977
Islands in the Stream, Paramount, 1977
The Other Side of Midnight, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
The Swarm, Warner Bros., 1978

The Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1979
The Amityville Horror, American International Pictures, 1979
Love and Bullets, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1979
The Hunter, Paramount, 1980
The First Family, Warner Bros., 1980
When Time Runs Out.. (also known as Earth's Final Fury andWhen Time Ran Out), Warner Bros., 1980
First Monday in October, Paramount, 1981
Carbon Copy, 1981
Yes, Giorgio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1982
Wrong is Right (also known as The Man with the Deadly Lens), Alma-Kino-Filmverleih, 1982
(New footage) It Came from Hollywood, Paramount, 1982
Two of a Kind, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (also known as Buckaroo Banzai), Vestron Video, 1984
Additional photography, Stick, Universal, 1985
Stewardess School, 1987
Welcome Home, Columbia, 1989
Listen to Me, 1989
Flight of the Intruder, Paramount, 1990
Television Work
Cinematographer; Movies
The Helicopter Spies, 1968
Shadow on the Land, ABC, 1968
Foreign Exchange, ABC, 1969
Night Chase (also known as The Man in the Back Seat), CBS,1970
Crosscurrent (also known as The Cable Car Murder), CBS, 1971
The Deadly Hunt, CBS, 1971
In Search of America, ABC, 1971
Conspiracy of Terror, NBC, 1975
The Runaway Barge, NBC, 1975
Disaster on the Coastliner, ABC, 1979
Salvage, ABC, 1979
Money on the Side, ABC, 1982
Summer of Girl (also known as The Hands that Rob the Cradle), CBS, 1983
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E., CBS, 1983
The Vegas Strip War (also known as Las Vegas Strip War), NBC, 1984
(As Fred Koenekamp) Obsessive Love, CBS, 1984
A Touch of Scandal, CBS, 1984
City Killer, NBC, 1984
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac, NBC, 1984
Summer Fantasy, NBC, 1984
The Other Lover, CBS, 1985
Not My Kid, CBS, 1985
Alice in Wonderland, CBS, 1985
Amos, CBS, 1985
The Thanksgiving Promise, ABC, 1986
News at Eleven, CBS, 1986
The B.R.A.T. Patrol, ABC, 1986
Pleasures, ABC, 1986
The Leftovers, ABC, 1986
Double Switch, ABC, 1987
Double Agent, ABC, 1987
The Return of the Shaggy Dog, ABC, 1987
Student Exchange, ABC, 1987
14 Going on 30, 1988
Splash, Too, ABC, 1988
Also worked as cinematographer on Tales of the Gold Monkey and Hard Times.
Cinematographer; Series
(As Fred Koenekamp) And first cameraman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,NBC, 1964
Adam's Rib, ABC, 1973
Whiz Kids, CBS, 1983
Cinematographer; Pilots
Hard Time on Planet Earth, CBS, 1989
Cinematographer; Specials
Jake's M.O., NBC, 1987

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