Douglas Knapp

Douglas Knapp
Douglas Knapp
Born	August 5, 1949; Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	February 3, 2020 (aged 70); Burbank, California, U.S.
Other names	Douglas H. Knapp; Doug Knapp;
Occupations	Cinematographer; camera operator;

Douglas Knapp (August 5, 1949 – February 3, 2020) was an American cinematographer and camera operator.^[3] His film credits include The All-American Girl, Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13, and The First Nudie Musical.^[4]

Life and career

Douglas Knapp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 5, 1949.^[3] Growing up in Calgary, Alberta, he attended Western Canada High School.^[3] In 1972, he graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he attended with John Carpenter.^[3]

Knapp served as the cinematographer on Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13, both of which were directed by Carpenter.^[3] He also served as the camera operator on Carpenter's Escape from New York, Tim Burton's Frankenweenie and Beetlejuice, as well as Back to School, Coming to America, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Driving Miss Daisy.^[3] In 1994, he received the President's Award from the Society of Camera Operators.^[3]

He taught cinematography at the Los Angeles Film School and West Los Angeles College.^[3]

After a battle with pancreatic cancer, he died at the age of 70 at his home in Burbank, California on February 3, 2020.^[3]

Filmography

Feature films

The All-American Girl (1973)
Dark Star (1974)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
The First Nudie Musical (1976)

Short films

Peege (1973)

Television series

Star Trek: Voyager^[5] (1996–1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise^[5] (2005)

Videos

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007)

References

^ Maslin, Janet (July 25, 1977). "'First Nudie,' New Film, Sets Sex to Music". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
^ Verrier, Richard (March 4, 2009). "Discord inside stage union". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Barnes, Mike (February 5, 2020). "Douglas Knapp, Cinematographer and Camera Operator for John Carpenter, Dies at 70". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
^ "Douglas Knapp". Mubi. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Star Trek cinematographer Douglas Knapp, who also worked with Tim Burton and John Carpenter, has died at 70". www.dailystartreknews.com. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2024-10-10.

External links

Douglas Knapp at IMDb

[1] Maslin, Janet (July 25, 1977). "'First Nudie,' New Film, Sets Sex to Music". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

[2] Verrier, Richard (March 4, 2009). "Discord inside stage union". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

[hollywoodreporter-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Barnes, Mike (February 5, 2020). "Douglas Knapp, Cinematographer and Camera Operator for John Carpenter, Dies at 70". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

[4] "Douglas Knapp". Mubi. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

[dailystartreknewscom-5] "Star Trek cinematographer Douglas Knapp, who also worked with Tim Burton and John Carpenter, has died at 70". www.dailystartreknews.com. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2024-10-10.

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v t e Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
1970s	Marcel Vercoutere (1972) Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973) Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75) L. B. Abbott (1976) John Dykstra and John Stears (1977) Colin Chilvers (1978) Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979)
1980s	Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980) Richard Edlund (1981) Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983) Chris Walas (1984) Kevin Pike (1985) Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986) Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987) George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988) Ken Ralston (1989/90)
1990s	Stan Winston (1991) Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993) John Bruno (1994) Stan Parks (1995) Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996) Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997) Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998) Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)
2000s	Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000) Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005) John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
2010s	Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010) Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011) Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015) John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016) Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017) Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/19) Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)
2020s	John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus (2021/22) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022/23)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

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