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Ken Balcomb(1940-2022)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Additional Crew
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Ken Balcomb in Artifishal (2019)
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Ken Balcomb was born on 11 November 1940 in Clovis, New Mexico, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Dammed to Extinction (2019), The Nature of Things (1960) and Blackfish (2013). He died on 15 December 2022 in near the Elwha River, Washington, USA.
BornNovember 11, 1940
DiedDecember 15, 2022(82)
BornNovember 11, 1940
DiedDecember 15, 2022(82)
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Known for

Dammed to Extinction (2019)
Dammed to Extinction
7.8
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 2019
Niobe Thompson and Sarika Suzuki in The Nature of Things (1960)
The Nature of Things
8.3
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Blackfish (2013)
Blackfish
8.1
  • Self - Director, Center for Whale Research
  • 2013
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World
  • Self

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Orcas in Crisis
      Short
      • Cinematographer (as Ken Balcomb Ph.D.)
      • 2004

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Dammed to Extinction (2019)
      Dammed to Extinction
      7.8
      • camera operator
      • 2019

    Additional Crew

    • Niobe Thompson and Sarika Suzuki in The Nature of Things (1960)
      The Nature of Things
      8.3
      TV Series
      • archive
      • 2019

    Videos2

    A Fall From Freedom
    Trailer 2:04
    A Fall From Freedom
    Fall From Freedom Trailer
    Trailer 2:05
    Fall From Freedom Trailer
    Fall From Freedom Trailer
    Trailer 2:05
    Fall From Freedom Trailer

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Kenneth C. Balcomb III
    • Born
      • November 11, 1940
      • Clovis, New Mexico, USA
    • Died
      • December 15, 2022
      • near the Elwha River, Washington, USA(prostate cancer)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He spent five decades studying the US Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales, and helped put an end to their capture for display at marine parks.

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