Leslie Robert Burks was an American cinematographer known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock.
12 Facts About Robert Burks
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Robert Burks was promoted to assistant cameraman in 1929, operating cameraman in 1934, and special effects director of photography in 1938.
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Robert Burks is known for his cinematography on several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Over a 25-year career as a director of photography, Robert Burks worked on 55 feature films.
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Robert Burks's credits include The Fountainhead, Beyond the Forest, The Glass Menagerie, The Spirit of St Louis, and The Music Man.
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Robert Burks received Academy Award nominations for his work in Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief and A Patch of Blue, winning once for To Catch a Thief.
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Robert Burks was involved extensively in pre-production, a level of participation that was not common among cinematographers of the time.
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Robert Burks was noted for his precision and technical accuracy.
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Robert Burks employed cross-hatched shadows to evoke the film's central themes of confinement and judgment.
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Robert Burks worked on the film's final sequence set in Brenner's driveway, which required 32 exposures and a matte painting by Albert Whitlock.
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Marnie, the final collaboration between Hitchcock and Robert Burks, incorporated experimental use of color and camera techniques, including extreme telephoto and wide-angle lenses.
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Robert Burks is widely recognized for his work with director Alfred Hitchcock, serving as cinematographer on twelve of Hitchcock's films during the 1950s and 1960s.