1951Winner
Career Highlight
Strangers on a Train
Hans F. Koenekamp
Director
Denison, Iowa, USA
December 3, 1891
Biography
Born in Denison, Iowa, of immigrant parents from Oldenburg, Germany, Hans Koenekamp began his film career with a job as a motion picture projectionist. He became a cinematographer in 1913 at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. He later worked at Fox Films and then joined Vitagraph in 1917, where he photographed all the Larry Semoncomedies. When Warner Bros. purchased First National's studio in Burbank, California, he signed a contract and remained with the studio for the next 30 years. He specialized in directing and photographing second units and producing special effects shots for the studio.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1948Winner
Career Highlight
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1954Nominee
Career Highlight
A Star Is Born
Career Highlights
1940Highlight
Career Highlight
The Sea Hawk
1941Highlight
Career Highlight
The Sea Wolf
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Strangers on a Train
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
A Star Is Born