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Bedrich Batka(1922-1994)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Writer
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Bedrich Batka was born on 21 August 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Sign of the Cancer (1967), 90 Degrees in the Shade (1965) and Golden Fern (1963). He died on 6 June 1994 in Floral Park, New York, USA.
BornAugust 21, 1922
DiedJune 6, 1994(71)
BornAugust 21, 1922
DiedJune 6, 1994(71)
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Known for

Sign of the Cancer (1967)
Sign of the Cancer
6.3
  • Cinematographer
  • 1967
90 Degrees in the Shade (1965)
90 Degrees in the Shade
6.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 1965
Karla Chadimová and Daniela Smutná in Golden Fern (1963)
Golden Fern
7.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1963
Josef Bek, Vladimír Cech, Karel Höger, and Eva Kubesová in 105 % alibi (1959)
105 % alibi
6.4
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1959

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
    Little Darlings
    6.5
    • Cinematographer (as Beda Batka)
    • 1980
  • The Orphan (1979)
    The Orphan
    4.2
    • Cinematographer (as Beda F. Batka)
    • 1979
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer (as Beda Batka)
    • 1978
  • Scott Glenn in In Pursuit of Treasure (1972)
    In Pursuit of Treasure
    5.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1972
  • Ctyri v kruhu (1968)
    Ctyri v kruhu
    6.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1968
  • Marketa Lazarová (1967)
    Marketa Lazarová
    7.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1967
  • Sign of the Cancer (1967)
    Sign of the Cancer
    6.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1967
  • 90 Degrees in the Shade (1965)
    90 Degrees in the Shade
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Láska nebeská
    6.4
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1964
  • Fear (1964)
    Fear
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1964
  • Karla Chadimová and Daniela Smutná in Golden Fern (1963)
    Golden Fern
    7.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Shaw vs. Shakespeare I: The Character of Caesar
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1970
  • Ladislav Chudík, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Daniela Smutná, Oleg Strizhenov, and Jiří Weiss in Zbabelec (1962)
    Zbabelec
    6.8
    • camera operator
    • 1962
  • Karel Höger in Kde alibi nestací (1961)
    Kde alibi nestací
    6.3
    • camera operator
    • 1961
  • Policejní hodina (1961)
    Policejní hodina
    4.3
    • camera operator
    • 1961
  • Josef Bek, Vladimír Cech, Karel Höger, and Eva Kubesová in 105 % alibi (1959)
    105 % alibi
    6.4
    • assistant camera
    • 1959
  • Hry a sny (1959)
    Hry a sny
    6.5
    • assistant camera
    • 1959
  • Kasari (1958)
    Kasari
    6.0
    • assistant camera
    • 1958
  • Bomba (1958)
    Bomba
    5.4
    • assistant camera
    • 1958
  • Honzíkova cesta (1957)
    Honzíkova cesta
    6.7
    • assistant camera
    • 1957

Writer

  • Sign of the Cancer (1967)
    Sign of the Cancer
    6.3
    • technical screenplay
    • 1967

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Beda F. Batka
  • Born
    • August 21, 1922
    • Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • June 6, 1994
    • Floral Park, New York, USA

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  • Trivia
    Legendary cinematography instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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