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Charles F. Wheeler is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 15 december 1915 at Memphis (USA)
Charles F. Wheeler (parfois crédité Charles Wheeler), né le 15 décembre 1915 à Memphis (Tennessee), mort le 28 octobre 2004 à Orange (Californie), est un directeur de la photographie américain, membre de l'ASC.
Après Sur la piste de la grande caravane de John Sturges (1965, avec Burt Lancaster et Lee Remick) où il est directeur de la photographie de seconde équipe, son premier film comme chef opérateur à part entière est La Bataille de la vallée du diable de Ralph Nelson (avec James Garner et Sidney Poitier), sorti en 1966. L'ultime est La Dernière Passe de Roger Spottiswoode (avec Robin Williams et Kurt Russell), sorti en 1986. Entretemps, il collabore notamment à quelques productions des Studios Disney, dont Un singulier directeur de Robert Butler (1971, avec Kurt Russell et Joe Flynn) et Le Chat qui vient de l'espace de Norman Tokar (1978, avec Ken Berry et Sandy Duncan).
Citons encore le film de guerre américano-japonais Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! de Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku et Toshio Masuda (1970, avec Martin Balsam et Joseph Cotten) qui lui vaut en 1971 une nomination (partagée) à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie.
On lui doit aussi des prises de vue additionnelles pour trois films, dont Star Trek, le film de Robert Wise (1979, avec William Shatner et Leonard Nimoy).
À la télévision, Charles F. Wheeler est directeur de la photographie sur six séries, la première étant la Quatrième Dimension, avec deux épisodes diffusés en 1964. Parmi les suivantes — la dernière en 1986 —, mentionnons Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (cinq épisodes, 1973-1978). Mais surtout, il est chef opérateur de vingt-cinq téléfilms entre 1972 et 1985, dont L'Inquiétant Ronald de Buzz Kulik (1974, avec Scott Jacoby et Kim Hunter).
(1963)
(Camera Operator)
(1970)
(Director of Photography)
(1966)
(Camera Operator)
(1961)
(Camera Operator)
(1981)
(Director of Photography)
(1978)
(Director of Photography)
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Charles F. Wheeler
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 december 1915 at Memphis (USA)
Death 28 october 2004 (at 88 years) at Orange (USA)
Birth 15 december 1915 at Memphis (USA)
Death 28 october 2004 (at 88 years) at Orange (USA)
Biography
Au cinéma, Charles F. Wheeler débute comme cadreur sur Procès de singe de Stanley Kramer (avec Spencer Tracy et Fredric March), sorti en 1960. Suivent à ce poste cinq autres films américains jusqu'en 1966, dont Un enfant attend de John Cassavetes (1963, avec Burt Lancaster et Judy Garland).Après Sur la piste de la grande caravane de John Sturges (1965, avec Burt Lancaster et Lee Remick) où il est directeur de la photographie de seconde équipe, son premier film comme chef opérateur à part entière est La Bataille de la vallée du diable de Ralph Nelson (avec James Garner et Sidney Poitier), sorti en 1966. L'ultime est La Dernière Passe de Roger Spottiswoode (avec Robin Williams et Kurt Russell), sorti en 1986. Entretemps, il collabore notamment à quelques productions des Studios Disney, dont Un singulier directeur de Robert Butler (1971, avec Kurt Russell et Joe Flynn) et Le Chat qui vient de l'espace de Norman Tokar (1978, avec Ken Berry et Sandy Duncan).
Citons encore le film de guerre américano-japonais Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! de Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku et Toshio Masuda (1970, avec Martin Balsam et Joseph Cotten) qui lui vaut en 1971 une nomination (partagée) à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie.
On lui doit aussi des prises de vue additionnelles pour trois films, dont Star Trek, le film de Robert Wise (1979, avec William Shatner et Leonard Nimoy).
À la télévision, Charles F. Wheeler est directeur de la photographie sur six séries, la première étant la Quatrième Dimension, avec deux épisodes diffusés en 1964. Parmi les suivantes — la dernière en 1986 —, mentionnons Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (cinq épisodes, 1973-1978). Mais surtout, il est chef opérateur de vingt-cinq téléfilms entre 1972 et 1985, dont L'Inquiétant Ronald de Buzz Kulik (1974, avec Scott Jacoby et Kim Hunter).
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(1970)(Director of Photography)
(1966)(Camera Operator)
(1961)(Camera Operator)
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The Best of Times (1986)
, 1h39Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance, Donald Moffat, Margaret Whitton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Jack Dundee (Williams) is a banker obsessed with what he considers the most shameful moment in his life: dropping a perfectly thrown pass in the final seconds of the 1972 high school football game between Taft and their arch rivals, Bakersfield, which ended in a scoreless tie.
Condorman (1981)
, 1h30Directed by Charles Jarrott, Denys Granier-Deferre
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes La bande dessinée, Spy films, Superhero films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton, Dana Elcar, Vernon Dobtcheff
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Woodrow "Woody" Wilkins is an imaginative, yet eccentric, comic book writer and illustrator who demands a sense of realism for his comic book hero "Condorman", to the point where he crafts a Condorman flying suit of his own and launches himself off the Eiffel Tower. The test flight fails as his right wing breaks, sending him crashing into the Seine River. Later after the incident, Woody is asked by his friend, CIA file clerk Harry, to perform what appears to be a civilian paper swap in Istanbul. Upon arriving in Istanbul, he meets a beautiful Soviet named Natalia Rambova, who poses as the Soviet civilian with whom the exchange is supposed to take place, but it is later revealed that she is in fact a KGB spy. Woody does not tell Natalia his real name, and instead fabricates his identity to her as a top American agent code-named "Condorman". During the encounter, Woody fends off a group of would-be assassins and saves her life by sheer luck before accomplishing the paper trade. Impressed by Woody, and disgusted by how she was treated by her lover/boss Krokov when she returns to Moscow, Natalia decides to defect and asks the CIA to have "Condorman" be the agent that helps her.
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
, 1h34Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, Buzz Kulik
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Road movies, Dans un avion, Heist films, Chase films, Films about hijackings
Actors Treat Williams, Robert Duvall, Kathryn Harrold, Paul Gleason, R.G. Armstrong, Ed Flanders
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
The film opens with the hijacker leaving a plane by its aft airway on a clear day, parachuting into a forest in Washington. The man is later identified as Jim Meade (Treat Williams), an ex-Army man with big dreams. Meade escapes the manhunt using a jeep he had previously hidden in the forest and concealing the money in the carcass of a deer. He eventually meets up with his estranged wife Hannah (Kathryn Harrold), who operates a river rafting company. Meanwhile, Meade is being hunted by Bob Gruen (Robert Duvall), an insurance investigator who was Meade's sergeant in the Army, and Meade's Army buddy Remson (Paul Gleason), who listened when Meade had talked about hijacking a plane.
C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
, 1h31Directed by Don Chaffey, Burt Topper
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Wesley Eure, Red Buttons, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Jim Backus, Chuck McCann
Roles Director of Photography
Rating49%
Brian Foster (Wesley Eure), a young inventor, creates a robotic dog for use as part of a home protection system. C.H.O.M.P.S. is an acronym for "Canine HOMe Protection System." Ralph Norton (Conrad Bain) is his boss who he constantly argues with. Norton's daughter Casey (Valerie Bertinelli) and Foster develop a relationship. A rival company wants the dog and sends a few petty criminals to dognap "C.H.O.M.P.S."
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
, 1h44Directed by Norman Tokar, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Comedy science fiction films, Films about cats, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ronnie Schell, Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall, McLean Stevenson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
An unidentified flying object makes an emergency landing on Earth and is taken into custody by the United States government. The occupant of the "flying saucer" turns out to be a strange cat-like alien named Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7. Since the Mother Ship cannot send a rescue party before it leaves the solar system, the cat sets about investigating how to repair the ship himself. Using a special collar that amplifies telekinetic and telepathic abilities, he follows the military to the Energy Research Laboratory (or E.R.L.), where they hope to learn how the UFO's power source works. One of the lab's scientists, Dr. Frank Wilson, attracts the cat's attention when his theory on the power source, while ridiculed by the rest of the staff, is actually on the right track.
Freaky Friday (1976)
, 1h35Directed by Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Barbara Harris, Lindsay Lohan, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Harold Gould
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Ellen Andrews (Barbara Harris) and her daughter, Annabel Andrews (Jodie Foster) constantly quarrel. Following a disagreement on Friday the 13th, Annabel leaves to join a friend at a local diner. In sync, Annabel and Ellen (who is in the family home's kitchen) both wish aloud, "I wish I could switch places with her for just one day." Their wish comes true when they switch their bodies and subsequently lives.
Cage Without a Key (1975)
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Susan Dey, Katherine Helmond, Jonelle Allen, Lani O'Grady, Sam Bottoms, Anne Bloom
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Dey plays Valerie Smith, a 17-year-old who is lured into participating in a robbery. Captured by the authorities, she is sent to a reformatory, where she finds herself in more and more trouble while trying to adjust. Her sentence multiplied, it appears Valerie may never leave state custody.
State Fair (1975)
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Genres Drama
Actors Vera Miles, Mitch Vogel, Julie Cobb, Linda Purl, Jack Garner, Virginia Gregg
Roles Director of Photography
Rating46%
Truck Turner (1974)
, 1h31Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Nichelle Nichols, Scatman Crothers, Charles Cyphers, Dick Miller
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes) is a former professional football player who becomes a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter after being hurt. Turner begins his morning watching his girlfriend Annie's cat, Frances, while she is in jail for stealing a television set. Truck and his partner Jerry Barnes catch a fugitive, then take him to jail. Truck takes the opportunity to visit Annie (Annazette Chase) in jail. Annie asks if they can "go somewhere" when she gets out. Truck and Jerry go to collect the bounty from Nate Dimwiddie, a bail bondsman, who refers them to Fogarty (Dick Miller), a bail bondsman who wants Gator, a pimp who skipped bail.
Bad Ronald (1974)
, 1h14Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Scott Jacoby, Kim Hunter, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman, John Fiedler
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Ronald Wilby (Scott Jacoby) is a socially inept, awkward high school youth with budding artistic talent and a predilection for fantasy, who is often ridiculed for his behavior and mannerisms. His overprotective mother, Elaine (Kim Hunter of the first three Planet of the Apes films) is in need of surgery and plans for Ronald to become a doctor and cure her illness. Ronald's father has not been heard from in years, having divorced his mother and then agreeing to terminate his parental rights in exchange for not having to pay child support.
Charley and the Angel (1973)
, 1h33Directed by Vincent McEveety, Christopher Hibler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, Kathleen Cody, Kurt Russell, Scott Kolden
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Charley Appleby is a hardware store owner whose frugality and commitment to his job have enabled his family to avoid poverty during the Great Depression and Prohibition. However, his relationship with his children and wife Nettie (Cloris Leachman) is strained. They especially want to go to see the Chicago World's Fair. His growing sons Willie and Rupert (Vincent Van Patten and Scott Kolden) manage to find work in a junkyard owned by a man named Felix with ties to bootleggers, and his teenage daughter Leonora (Kathleen Cody) decides to elope with a young man named Ray (Kurt Russell), who seems untrustworthy.
One Little Indian (1973)
, 1h30Directed by Bernard McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward, John Doucette, Robert Pine
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Dans l'ouest américain, Client Keys, déserteur de l'armée américaine et condamné à mort au prétexte fallacieux de mutinerie, tente de rejoindre le Mexique à dos de dromadaire. Mark, un jeune garçon blanc élevé par des indiens, lui-même en fuite, croise sa route. Va naître entre ces deux individus malmenés par la vie, au détour de rencontres et autres périples, une profonde amitié empreinte de solidarité...
Slaughter's Big Rip Off (1973)
, 1h34Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Ed McMahon, Don Stroud, Brock Peters, Gloria Hendry, Dick Anthony Williams, Art Metrano
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Slaughter, a fierce Vietnam Veteran and ex Green Beret had avenged the death of his parents by killing the gangster/ mob member- who was responsible for their death- in Mexico. The sequel is relocated in Los Angeles, California- a place that Slaughter sought to escape the past events and begin his attempt to a tranquil life in the beautiful city of angels. The film opens up with Slaughter (Jim Brown) at a friend's house during a lavish outdoor picnic/lunch celebration. The new crime boss, Duncan played by Ed McMahon is now after Slaughter, for having killed ex Mafia Boss, Dominc Hoff from director Jack Starrett's 1972 Slaughter . The viewer sees a change in theme as the mob is now after Slaughter to settle the score. The opening scene begins with an old World War One biplane flying by the outdoor celebration and then opening fire on the members at the picnic. It resulted in the graphic death by headshot of Slaughter's friend which reignited the old spark of fury and rage that Slaughter had when he was told of the death of his parents. Duncan's first assassination attempt in essence was a failure and only proved to wake up a sleeping beast. He therefore, hired a new hit-man named Kirk-played by Don Stroud- to bring Slaughter to his own demise. Rather than being in protective custody under the supervision of Duncan's crooked cops Slaughter remains on the streets and is now out for his new enemy, Duncan.
Silent Running (1972)
, 1h29Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Environmental films, Space adventure films, Post-apocalyptic films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Robot films
Actors Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Joseph Campanella, Roy Engel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
In the future all plant life on Earth has become extinct. A few specimens have been preserved in enormous, greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to a fleet of American Airlines space freighters, currently just outside the orbit of Saturn. Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), one of four crewmen aboard the Valley Forge, is the resident botanist and ecologist who carefully preserves a variety of plants for their eventual return to Earth and the reforestation of the planet. Lowell spends most of his time in the domes, both cultivating the crops and attending to the animal life.
Limbo (1972)
, 1h52Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Kate Jackson, Katherine Justice, Hazel Medina, Stuart Margolin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Three women in Florida have husbands serving in Vietnam who are reported missing in action.