About

Known credits:
48
Birthday:
1931-08-19
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
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James Crabe

Overview

James Crabe (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was an American cinematographer known for his work in the 1970s and '80s on numerous films, including Rocky, The China Syndrome, Night Shift, The Karate Kid, and Thank God It's Friday. He was a part of the 1960s underground film collective known as Gay Girls Riding Club, a group of gay men in the industry, who spoofed Hollywood movies in a series of elaborate amateur films.

Known for

Acting
2006 Tribute To James Crabe Actor Himself (archive footage) N/A
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Camera
1988 For Keeps Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1987 Happy New Year Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1987 Her Secret Life Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1987 Deadly Care Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1986 When the Bough Breaks Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1986 George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1986 The Karate Kid Part II Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
1985 Covenant Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1985 The Hugga Bunch Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1984 Concrete Beat Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1984 The Karate Kid Camera Director of Photography 70
Good
1984 Family Secrets Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1983 Two Kinds of Love Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1982 Night Shift Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1982 The Letter Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1980 The Formula Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1980 How to Beat the High Cost of Living Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1980 The Baltimore Bullet Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1979 Players Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1979 Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1979 The China Syndrome Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1978 Thank God It's Friday Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1978 Sextette Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1978 A Death in Canaan Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1976 Rocky Camera Director of Photography 76
Good
1976 The Disappearance of Aimee Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1975 F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1975 The Dead Don't Die Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1974 Rhinoceros Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1973 Save the Tiger Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1973 The Great American Beauty Contest Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1972 The Honkers Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1971 Sweet, Sweet Rachel Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1971 A Step Out of Line Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1970 Lost Flight Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1970 Zig Zag Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1970 Sole Survivor Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1966 Agent for H.A.R.M. Camera Director of Photography 57
Average
1964 Everybody Loves It Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1960 The Proper Time Camera Director of Photography 58
Average

Crew
1989 The Karate Kid Part III Crew In Memory Of 58
Average
1972 All About Alice Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1965 The Bold Men Crew Cinematography N/A
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