James Crabe
{{Short description|American cinematographer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = James Crabe
| image =
| birth_name = James Aubrey Crabe
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|8|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|5|2|1931|8|19|mf=y}}
| death_place = Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.
| years_active = 1961–1988
}}
James Crabe, A.S.C. (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was an American cinematographer.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85639038/obituary-for-james-crabe-aged-57/ |title=James Crabe; Award-Winning Cameraman |date=May 5, 1989 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 14, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
He was a regular collaborator of director John G. Avildsen, known for his work in Rocky and The Karate Kid, as well as other movies from the 1970s and 80s, like The China Syndrome, Night Shift, and Thank God It's Friday.
Crabe was also a two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, received multiple nominations the ASC Awards, and one from the Academy Awards.
Biography
James Crabe was one of the few openly gay cinematographers in Hollywood.{{cite book |last=Mann |first=William |date=2001 |title=Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 |url=https://archive.org/details/behindscreenhowg00mann |publisher=Viking |isbn=0670030171 |url-access=registration }} He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for director John G. Avildsen's The Formula (1980). He also photographed Avildsen's films Save the Tiger (1973), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), Happy New Year (1987) and For Keeps (1988) as well as Thank God It's Friday (1978), The China Syndrome (1979), and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985).
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie for The Letter (1982){{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1982/outstanding-cinematography-for-a-miniseries-or-movie|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=April 14, 2017}} and was nominated for The Entertainer (1976), Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) and his final film Baby M (1988). He won Outstanding Cinematography for a Series for The New Mike Hammer episode "More Than Murder" in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1984/outstanding-cinematography-for-a-series|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=April 14, 2017}}
Death
On May 2, 1989, James Crabe died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, from complications of AIDS at the age of 57. The Karate Kid Part III was dedicated to his memory.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |
| rowspan=2| 1962
| |
| The Soldier
| Short film |
| 1964
| Everybody Loves It | Phillip Mark | |
| 1965
| William O. Brown | |
| 1966
| |
| 1970
| Zig Zag | Richard A. Colla | |
| rowspan=2| 1972
| All About Alice | Ray Harrison | Uncredited |
| The Honkers
| |
| 1973
| |
| 1974
| |
| 1975
| W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings |rowspan=2| John G. Avildsen | |
| 1976
| Rocky | |
| rowspan=2| 1978
| Sextette | |
| Thank God It's Friday
| |
| rowspan=2| 1979
| |
| Players
| |
| rowspan=3| 1980
| |
| How to Beat the High Cost of Living
| |
| The Formula
| John G. Avildsen | Nominated- Academy Award for Best Cinematography |
| 1982
| |
| 1984
| John G. Avildsen | |
| 1985
| Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | |
| 1986
|rowspan=3| John G. Avildsen | |
| 1987
| |
| 1988
| |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |
| 1964
| Episode "Natalie Wood: Hollywood's Child" |
| 1965-1966
| Time-Life Specials: The March of Time | William Kronick | Episodes "Frontiers of the Mind" and "The Longs: A Louisiana Dynasty" |
| 1972
| The Last of the Wild Mustangs | Gus Jekel | Documentary short |
| 1984
| Episode "Pilot" |
| 1988
| Baby M | Miniseries |
Documentary film
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director |
| rowspan=2| 1965
|rowspan=2| William Friedkin |
| Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon |
TV movies
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director |
| rowspan=2| 1970 |
| Lost Flight |
| rowspan=2| 1971
| A Step Out of Line |
| Sweet, Sweet Rachel
| Sutton Roley |
| 1973 |
| 1974 |
| rowspan=2| 1975
| The Entertainer |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood |
| 1976 |
| 1977 |
| 1978 |
| 1979 |
| 1982 |
| 1983
| Two Kinds of Love |
| rowspan=3| 1984 |
| Family Secrets |
| Concrete Beat |
| rowspan=2| 1985
| Gus Jekel |
| The Covenant |
| rowspan=3| 1986
| Long Time Gone | Robert Butler |
| George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation |
| When the Bough Breaks |
| rowspan=2| 1987 |
| Code Name: Dancer (aka Her Secret Life) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0185583|name=James Crabe}}
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204049329/james-a-crabe James Crabe] at Find a Grave
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