Robert Burks

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Cinematographer Robert Burks, A.S.C. (4 July 1909 - 13 May 1968) was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre and equally at home with black-and-white or colour.

Burks shot a string of 12 films for Alfred Hitchcock, from "Strangers on a Train" (1951) which secured him an Oscar nomination through to "Marnie" (1964). He won an Oscar for his work on Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief".

He started off as a special effects technician in the late 1930s before becoming a director of photography in the mid 40s.

He died in a house fire in 1968.