Charles F. Wheeler

Charles F. Wheeler
Born	(1915-12-15)December 15, 1915 Memphis, Tennessee
Died	October 28, 2004(2004-10-28) (aged 88) Orange, California
Occupation	Cinematographer

Charles F. Wheeler (December 15, 1915 – October 28, 2004) was an American cinematographer.

Biography

Wheeler did much of his work for Walt Disney. He served as a combat photographer in the United States Navy during World War II. He died in 2004 after developing Alzheimer's disease.^[1] In 1970 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography; along with Osamu Furuya, Shinsaku Himeda, and Masamichi Satoh; for Tora! Tora! Tora!. He had also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Babe, a biopic about Babe Zaharias.

Partial filmography

• Duel at Diablo (1966)
• The Bubble (1966)
• C.C. and Company (1970)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
• Silent Running (1972)
• The War Between Men and Women (1972)
• Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
• Bad Ronald (1974)
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) (TV)
• Freaky Friday (1976)
• The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
• Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) (uncredited)
• C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
• The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
• Condorman (1981)
• The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981)
• The Best of Times (1986)

References

External links

• Charles F. Wheeler at IMDb