Daniel L. Fapp

Daniel L. Fapp

Actor · Director

Kansas City, Kansas, USA
April 21, 1904

Biography

Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. (April 21, 1904 – July 19, 1986) was an American cinematographer, best known as director of photography for West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and The Great Escape (1963). He also was nominated for Academy Awards for his cinematography for Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Five Pennies (1959), One, Two, Three (1961), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and Marooned (1969). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Representative Works

The Great Escape
The Great Escape
7.9
/ English
Run for Cover
Run for Cover
6.8
/ English
West Side Story
West Side Story
7.2
/ English
Ice Station Zebra
Ice Station Zebra
6.4
/ English
Let's Make Love
Let's Make Love
6.4
/ English
One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three
7.5
/ English
Our Man Flint
Our Man Flint
6.4
/ English
Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers
6.8
/ English
5 Card Stud
5 Card Stud
6.3
/ English
Shanghai Express
Shanghai Express
7.0
/ English
Spinout
Spinout
5.6
/ English
The Trap
The Trap
6.9
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Great Escape
1963Winner

Best Director

The Great Escape

Run for Cover
1955Nominee

Best Director

Run for Cover

West Side Story
1961Nominee

Best Director

West Side Story

Career Highlights

Ice Station Zebra
1968Highlight

Best Director

Ice Station Zebra

Let's Make Love
1960Highlight

Best Director

Let's Make Love

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