Ray Binger (November 16, 1888 – September 29, 1970) was an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. He started working in

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in 1924, mastering the art of

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. By 1934 he had gravitated towards

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work. He was one of the many technicians involved in bringing authenticity to '' The Hurricane'' in 1937, and was instrumental in the plane crash sequence in

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’s ''

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'' in 1940. Not all his assignments were quite that showy, however. He received an

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nomination in the category Best Special Effects for generating fake crowds to fill up the baseball stands in 1942's ''

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''. He was nominated twice more in the same category for ''

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'' (1940) and '' The North Star'' (1943).

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* 1888 births 1970 deaths American cinematographers Special effects people People from Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin {{US-cinematographer-stub