Friend Baker
American cinematographer
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Friend Baker was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood in the 1910s and 1920s.[1][2] Later on in his career, he worked as a camera technician.[3][4] He was an early member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
April 10, 1890
Friend Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Friend Frederick Baker April 10, 1890 Nebraska, US |
| Died | March 20, 1988 (aged 98) Orange, California, US |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Spouse | Annabelle Jackson |
Biography
Friend was born in Nebraska to Jesse Baker and Jennie Wallace.
Among his innovations as a cameraman, he reportedly built an early 3-D camera alongside fellow cinematographer Virgil Williams while working at Universal Pictures in 1918.[1][5] He also developed an early technique for produced color film.[6] He served as chief cameraman for the studio for a number of years.[7]
He married Annabelle Jackson in Los Angeles in 1915. The pair had several children.
Selected filmography
- Heart's Haven (1922)
- The Gray Dawn (1922)
- While the Devil Laughs (1921)
- The Girl of My Heart (1920)
- Trumpet Island (1920)
- Merely Mary Ann (1920)
- The Broken Commandments (1919)
- Chasing Rainbows (1919)
- The Sneak (1919)
- The Rebellious Bride (1919)
- Hell-Roarin' Reform (1919)
- The Call of the Soul (1919)
- Kultur (1918)
- The Bird of Prey (1918)
- The Scarlet Road (1918)
- The Devil's Wheel (1918)
- Nobody's Wife (1918)
- Painted Lips (1918)
- Her American Husband (1918)
- Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
- The Clean-Up (1917)
- The Car of Chance (1917)
- The Clock (1917)
- The Man Who Took a Chance (1917)
- The Devil's Pay Day (1917)
- Love Never Dies (1916)
- What Love Can Do (1916)
- The Long Chance (1915)
