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Willard Van der Veer

American cinematographer (1894-1963) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 68

Willard Van der Veer was an American cinematographer who won an Academy Award at the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the film With Byrd at the South Pole with Joseph T. Rucker. He started his career as a documentary cameraman and later did a couple episodes of Maverick and the film The Crawling Hand.

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Cinematography1930

About this person

Mount Van der Veer was named after him. He is the father of Frank Van der Veer, a Hollywood visual effects artist who founded Van Der Veer Photo Effects and won, in 1977, a Special Achievement Academy Award for the 1976 version of King Kong.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1963 · aged 68

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