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Karl Malkames(1926-2010)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Additional Crew
  • Cinematographer
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Karl Malkames was born on 6 May 1926 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) and It (1927). He died on 8 March 2010 in Scarsdale, New York, USA.
BornMay 6, 1926
DiedMarch 8, 2010(83)
BornMay 6, 1926
DiedMarch 8, 2010(83)
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Known for

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation
6.0
  • Editorial Department
  • 1915
John Barrymore and Nita Naldi in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.9
  • Editorial Department(1971 alternate version)
  • 1920
It (1927)
It
7.2
  • Additional Crew
  • 1927
The Iron Horse (1924)
The Iron Horse
7.2
  • Additional Crew(1974 re-release)
  • 1924

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department



  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • additional camera
    • 1989
  • Two by Dove (1995)
    Great Performances: Dance in America
    7.3
    TV Series
    • cameraman for Other Dances
    • 1980
  • Angie Dickinson, Dick Van Dyke, Johnny Mandel, Heywood Hale Broun, Rosemary Forsyth, Connie Gilchrist, Howard Hesseman, Gerald Hirschfeld, Garson Kanin, Zohra Lampert, Walter Mirisch, Melba Moore, Jennifer O'Neill, Elliott Reid, Pippa Scott, Carole Shelley, and Beverly Todd in Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
    Some Kind of a Nut
    4.4
    • camera operator: Central Park, second unit (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
    Love with the Proper Stranger
    7.2
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee in Gone Are the Days! (1963)
    Gone Are the Days!
    6.8
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Natalie Wood and Jacques Sernas in Camera Three (1954)
    Camera Three
    6.4
    TV Series
    • film cameraman
    • 1961
  • Rendezvous (1957)
    Rendezvous
    6.8
    TV Series
    • first assistant camera
    • 1958–1959
  • Robert Mitchum in Thunder Road (1958)
    Thunder Road
    6.5
    • cinematographer: car action sequences, second unit (uncredited)
    • 1958

Additional Crew



  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
    5.9
    Short
    • clapper boy (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • John Wayne and Marguerite Churchill in The Big Trail (1930)
    The Big Trail
    7.2
    • 65mm camera negative to 35mm anamorphic fine grain preservation (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • It (1927)
    It
    7.2
    • restoration
    • 1927
  • Tom Mix and Tony the Horse in The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
    The Great K & A Train Robbery
    6.3
    • restorer (1977 re-release)
    • 1926
  • William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    Tumbleweeds
    6.5
    • restorator (1975 re-release)
    • 1925
  • The Iron Horse (1924)
    The Iron Horse
    7.2
    • restorator (1974 re-release)
    • 1924
  • Bert Williams in Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)
    Lime Kiln Club Field Day
    6.4
    • 35mm camera negative to fine grain preservation uncredited
    • 1913
  • New York Subway (1905)
    New York Subway
    5.8
    Short
    • 35mm camera negative to fine grain preservation (uncredited)
    • 1905

Cinematographer



  • The Motion Picture Camera (1979)
    The Motion Picture Camera
    6.5
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1979
  • Threshold of Tomorrow
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1970
  • The 21st Century (1967)
    The 21st Century
    8.4
    TV Series
    • photographed by
    • 1969
  • Hermione Gingold and Eugene Troobnick in Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965)
    Harvey Middleman, Fireman
    5.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • 1964 New York World's Fair Report (1961)
    1964 New York World's Fair Report
    4.4
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1961

Personal details

  • Born
    • May 6, 1926
    • Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • March 8, 2010
    • Scarsdale, New York, USA

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    Son of Don Malkames.

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