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Walter Edel

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Additional Crew
  • Cinematographer
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Walter Edel is known for The Adams Chronicles (1976), Great Performances (1971) and Happy Days (1980).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    The Adams Chronicles (1976)
    The Adams Chronicles
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Happy Days (1980)
    Happy Days
    6.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1980
    Two by Dove (1995)
    Great Performances: Dance in America
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • PBS News Hour (1975)
      PBS News Hour
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Walter Edel Jr)
      • 1975–1994
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1971–1989
    • Two by Dove (1995)
      Great Performances: Dance in America
      7.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • cameraman for Calcium Light Night
      • 1977–1984
    • Tongues
      5.3
      Video
      • camera
      • 1982
    • Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982)
      Creativity with Bill Moyers
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1982
    • HBO Theater
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1982
    • Bill Moyers' Journal (1972)
      Bill Moyers' Journal
      7.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • camera for segments "Polispots" & "Listening to America"
      • video camera (as Walter Edel Jr.)
      • 1976–1981
    • Gala of Stars 1981
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 1981
    • Happy Days (1980)
      Happy Days
      6.8
      • camera operator
      • 1980
    • When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate (1979)
      When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1979
    • The Trial of the Moke (1978)
      The Trial of the Moke
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • cameraman
      • 1978
    • Behind the Lines
      TV Series
      • camera
      • video camera
      • videotape camera ...
      • 1973–1976
    • The Adams Chronicles (1976)
      The Adams Chronicles
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 1976
    • The Time of Your Life (1976)
      The Time of Your Life
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1976
    • A Touch of the Poet (1974)
      A Touch of the Poet
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1974

    Additional Crew

    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • engineer-in-charge
      • 1990
    • Bill Moyers in A World of Ideas (1988)
      A World of Ideas
      TV Series
      • engineer in charge
      • 1988–1989
    • Monsanto Night Presents Engelbert Humperdinck... In Bermuda
      TV Special
      • second remote unit
      • 1974

    Cinematographer

    • No Place Like Home (1981)
      No Place Like Home
      • Cinematographer
      • 1981
    • Back Wards to Back Streets
      • Cinematographer
      • 1980
    • Skyline
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1978–1979

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Walter Edel Jr.

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