Herman Schopp

{{Short description|American cinematographer (1899–1954)}}

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|birth_date = 28 June 1899

|birth_place = Radzichower, Austria (now Radziejów, Poland)

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|08|08|1899|06|28|df=y}}

|death_place = Santa Marinella, Italy

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|known_for = work with Frank Buck

|occupation = cinematographer

|nationality = American

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Herman Schopp (28 June 1899 – 8 August 1954) was a cinematographer of the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace.{{Cite book |last=Lehrer |first=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNnhbq9gwTUC&q=frank+buck+steven+lehrer |title=Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck |publisher=Texas Tech University press |year=2006 |isbn=0-89672-582-0 |pages=x-xi}}

Early years

Schopp was born in Radzichower, Austria (now Radziejów, Poland). He immigrated to the US (New York City) 29 August 1907.

Career

Schopp was cinematographer of The Mysterious Pilot, Son of Ingagi, The Secret of Treasure Island, and many other films.Movie Company Leaves to Make Film in Japan. Los Angeles Times - 23 July 1950Drama . Los Angeles Times - 4 December 1951 He was a World War II veteran.

Work with Frank Buck

In 1937, Schopp was a cinematographer of the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace.

Death

Schopp died of heart failure while filming an Errol Flynn movie, Il Maestro di Don Giovanni, in Santa Marinella, Italy.Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 Record for Herman Schopp A brother and a sister survived him. His ashes are interred in Beth Olam Cemetery in Los Angeles.Herman Schopp. Los Angeles Times. 18 September 1954

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