Floyd Crosby | |
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Born | Floyd Delafield Crosby December 12, 1899
West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Died | September 30, 1985
Ojai, California, United States | (aged 85)
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse | Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead
(
m. 1930;
div. 1960)Betty Cormack Andrews
(
m. 1960) |
Children | 2, including David Crosby |
Relatives |
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Floyd Delafield Crosby, A.S.C. (December 12, 1899 – September 30, 1985) [1] was an Academy Award-winning American cinematographer, descendant of the Van Rensselaer family, [2] and father of musicians Ethan and David Crosby.
Crosby was born and raised in West Philadelphia, the son of Julia Floyd ( née Delafield) and Frederick Van Schoonhoven Crosby. [3] Through his maternal grandmother, he was descended from the prominent Van Rensselaer family. [2]
His maternal grandfather was Dr. Francis Delafield. [4] His maternal uncle was Edward Henry Delafield (1880–1955). [5]
During his career, Floyd Crosby was involved in the cinematography of more than 100 full-length movies. He won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the film Tabu: A Story of the South Seas. In 1973, Crosby participated in an oral history sponsored by the American Film Institute, part of which dealt with his work on Tabu: A Story of the South Seas. [6] He filmed the Bedaux expedition in 1934.
He was also the cinematographer for High Noon (1952), for which he won a Golden Globe Award. Crosby also worked with B-movie director Roger Corman on several films.[ citation needed]
Crosby served as a cinematographer for the U.S. Army Air Corps film wing, and made flight training films in World War II. He left the Air Corps in 1946.[ citation needed]
On December 11, 1930, [4] he married Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead. She was the daughter of John Brinton Whitehead. [2] Together, they had two children:
Crosby divorced in 1960 and married Betty Cormack Andrews in the same year. He retired in 1972 [3] to Ojai, California, where he died in 1985.