Ted McCord (cinematographer)
{{Short description|American cinematographer}}
{{Infobox person
| image = McCord-Lupino-Clark in Deep Valley.jpg
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| caption = McCord (left) filming Deep Valley, 1947
| name = Ted McCord, A.S.C.
| birth_name = Thamer D. McCord
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|8|2}}
| birth_place = Sullivan County, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|1|19|1900|8|2}}
| death_place = Glendale, California, U.S.
| occupation = Cinematographer
| yearsactive = 1921–1966
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| children =
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Ted McCord, A.S.C. (August 2, 1900 – January 19, 1976) was an American cinematographer.{{cite web |url=http://acertaincinema.com/media-tags/ted-mccord/ |title=Photographs of Ted McCord |first=Sérgio |last=Leemann |work=A Certain Cinema |accessdate=28 January 2015}}
Biography
Born in Sullivan County, Indiana, McCord received three Academy Award nominations. The first two Johnny Belinda (1948) and Two for the Seesaw (1962) were for black-and white cinematography, and the third The Sound of Music (1965){{cite web |url=http://www.cinemasquid.com/screenshots/cinematographers/ted-d-mccord/1c12edd4-d9ed-4ae0-bf4c-c4722bfc4068 |title=Screenshots from The Sound of Music |work=Cinema Squid |accessdate=28 January 2015}} was for color.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/mccord.htm |title=Ted McCord Biography |encyclopedia=Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers |accessdate=28 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19491106&id=RQ9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5568,4166801 |last=Latimer |first=William |title=Bogart—Sans Bacall |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |page=4 |date=November 6, 1949}}
McCord died of cancer in Glendale, California at the age of 75.{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/01/26/113444642.pdf |title=Ted McCord, Cameraman, Was Nominated for 3 Oscars |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 26, 1976 |page=26}} He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Selected filmography
- Man From 1997 (1956 television anthology episode)
Oscar nominations
- 1966: Best Cinematography, Color for The Sound of Music
- 1963: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for Two for the Seesaw
- 1948: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for Johnny Belinda
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0005792}}
- [http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&retailCheck=&Type=PN&CatID=DATABIN_PHOTOGRAPHY&ID=144800&AN_ID=14345&searchedFor=Ted_McCord_ Ted McCord] at the American Film Institute Catalog
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- {{Find a Grave|18351}}
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Category:People from Sullivan County, Indiana
Category:American cinematographers