Joseph F. Biroc

American cinematographer (1903-1996)

Joseph Francis Biroc, ASC was an American cinematographer. Born in New York City, he entered the film industry in 1918 as a laboratory technician in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and moved to Los Angeles in 1927, where he worked as a camera operator at RKO Pictures. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, filming the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. He later worked as a freelance cinematographer at various studios and frequently collaborated with the director Robert Aldrich.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 36 films (1929–1976) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1929 THE RESCUE. Samuel Goldwyn 9 reels B&W
1937 Shall We Dance Mark Sandrich 1:09 B&W
1947 It's A Wonderful Life. Liberty Films 129 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 My Dear Secretary. Charles Martin 94 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Roughshod. Mark Robson 88 min. 35mm B&W sound
1954 Riders To The Stars unknown 81 min 16mm sound
1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout. Northridge Productions Inc. 83 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 Tension At Table Rock Ideal Pictures Inc 93 min 16mm Color sound
1956 The Black Whip. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 China Gate. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Forty Guns. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 80 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The Garment Jungle Columbia Pictures Corp. 88 min 16mm B&W sound
1957 The Ride Back. Associates & Aldrich Co. Inc. 79 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 The Unknown Terror. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Underwater Warrior. Loew’s Inc. Ivan Tors Pictures Inc. & Hunterhaven Inc. 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 Home Before Dark. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 136 min 35mm B&W sound
1961 Operation Eichmann. Bischoff-Diamond Corp. 92 min 35mm B&W sound
1961 Sail A Crooked Ship Ideal Pictures Inc 88 min 16mm B&W sound
1962 Confessions Of An Opium Eater. Allied Artists Pictures Corp. & Photoplay Associates Inc. 85 min 35mm B&W sound
1963 Bye Bye Birdie Time-Life 111 mi 16mm Color sound
1964 Bullet For A Badman. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 79 min 35mm Color sound
1964 Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Associates & Aldrich Co. Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 135 min 35mm B&W sound
1964 Kitten With A Whip. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 82 min 35mm B&W sound
1964 Ride The Wild Surf Ideal Pictures Inc 101 min 16mm Color sound
1965 I saw what you did. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 28:00 35mm B&W sound
1965 The Flight Of The Phoenix. Associates & Aldrich Co. Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 142 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Warning shot. Paramount Pictures Corp. & Bob Banner Associates Inc. 100 min 35mm Color sound
1967 Fitzwilly. Mirisch-D.F.I. 102 min 35mm Color sound
1967 Tony Rome. Arcola-Millfield Productions & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 106 min 35mm Color sound
1967 Who's Minding The Mint Norman Maurer Productions Inc. 97 min 16mm Color sound
1968 Lady In Cement. Arcola-Millfield Productions & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 93 min 35mm Color sound
1968 THE DETECTIVE. Arcola-Millfield Productions & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 10 reels 35mm Color sound
1971 Brian's song Learning Corporation of America 75 16mm Color sound
1974 Shanks William Castle Productions, Inc 93 min Color sound
1974 The Towering Inferno Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation & Warner Brothers, Inc 170 min Color sound
1976 The Duchess And The Dirtwater Fox Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 112 min Color sound