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Daniel L. Fapp

Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer, best known as the director of photography for West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and The Great Escape (1963). He also was nominated for Academy Awards for his cinematography for Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Five Pennies (1959), One, Two, Three (1961), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and Marooned (1969).

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Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C.
Born(1904-04-21)April 21, 1904
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
DiedJuly 19, 1986(1986-07-19) (aged 82)
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1921–1969

Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. (April 21, 1904 – July 19, 1986) was an American cinematographer, best known as the director of photography for West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and The Great Escape (1963). He also was nominated for Academy Awards for his cinematography for Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Five Pennies (1959), One, Two, Three (1961), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and Marooned (1969).

Life

Fapp was born in Kansas City, Kansas.

He died in Laguna Niguel, California, at the age of 82.

Movies

Daniel L. Fapp either made or participated in the following movies:

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