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Paul Perry (cinematographer)

Paul Percy Perry (1891 – 1963) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1940s.[1] He was the brother of fellow cameraman Harry Perry.[2]

Biography

Paul was born in Colorado to Frank Perry and Fanny Teeter. He worked at Pickford-Fairbanks Studios on films like 1923's Rosita and was also noted for being one of Mack Sennett's cameraman.[3] He was a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers, and served on its board of governors early on.[4]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Craigmont, Courtesy of Dick Southern. "Blast from the Past: 1918". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. ^ Wohl, Robert (2005). The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10692-3.
  3. ^ Walker, Brent E. (2010-01-13). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6.
  4. ^ American Cinematographer. ASC Holding Corporation. 1922.