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Loren Kelly Schroeder

June 8, 2008 | By Staff

Loren Kelly Schroeder, widely known in the film industry as one of the best and most popular first assistant directors, died May 26th at his home in Santa Monica of heart failure. He was 51 years old. Schroeder’s career, spanned 28 years and 21 feature films, including Graffiti Bridge and the Sundance-award-winning Pow Wow Highway,... »

Paul Huntsman

March 8, 2008 | By Staff

Sound editor Paul Huntsman passed away Feb. 21 in his home in Glendale, Calif. He had over 60 films to his credit. Hendricks was born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho. After graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in film, he spent two years with the Peace Corp in Morocco. He began his... »

Nat Tiffen

February 15, 2008 | By Jack Egan

Nat Tiffen, the award-winning founder of The Tiffen Company, known for producing the high-quality lens filters widely used by cinematographers, passed... »

Charles Swartz

February 15, 2008 | By Jack Egan

Charles Swartz, a key figure in helping move Hollywood into the digital 21st century, died of pneumonia in Los Angeles on Feb. 10 at the age of 67.... »

Robert Altman

February 15, 2008 | By Jack Egan

Robert Altman, the innovative and iconoclastic director whose five-decade Hollywood career encompassed hits from MASH to Gosford Park died in Los... »

Patricia Gregory

February 15, 2008 | By Jack Egan

Patricia Gregory, the first female dolly grip, passed away on November 7 at the age of 57. Gregory attained the position of dolly grip, still almost... »

James Glennon

February 15, 2008 | By Jack Egan

Emmy-award winning director of photography James Glennon, ASC, known for being director Alexander Payne's cinematographer on three films and for his... »

Terry Clairmont

February 8, 2008 | By Jack Egan

Terry Clairmont, co-founder and chief executive of Clairmont Camera, a leading supplier of camera equipment to many of Hollywood's top... »

Tim Barry

January 7, 2007 | By Kathy Anderson

Family and friends mourn the sudden and accidental death of assistant cameraman and longtime Panavision employee Tim Barry. On December 26, 2006,... »

Henry Bumstead

June 6, 2006 | By Jack Egan

Lloyd Henry Bumstead, whose career as one of the greatest production designers in the history of Hollywood spanned seven decades and garnered him... »



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