Frank Stanley
Frank Walter Stanley (May 5, 1922 – December 21, 1999) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for four Clint Eastwood films in a row: Breezy (1973), Magnum Force (1973), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and The Eiger Sanction (1975). During the filming of The Eiger Sanction, shot in Switzerland, which required a great deal of precarious mountain-climbing cinematography, Stanley fell during the shoot but survived. He used a wheelchair for some time and was taken out of action. Stanley, who later managed to complete filming after a delay under pressure from an unsympathetic Clint Eastwood, would later blame Eastwood for the accident due to a lack of preparation, describing him both as a director and an actor as "a very impatient man who doesn't really plan his pictures or do any homework. He figures he can go right in and sail through these things". Stanley was never hired by Eastwood or Malpaso Productions again. Bruce Surtees was Eastwood's regular cinematographer before and after this period, on a total of twelve films.
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CameraBirthday
May 5, 1922Deathday
December 21, 1999Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
40Place of birth
New York, New York, U.SCrew credits
The Eiger Sanction
Director of PhotographyThunderbolt and Lightfoot
Director of Photography10
Director of PhotographyGrease 2
Director of PhotographyBreezy
Director of PhotographyA Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
CinematographyWillie Dynamite
CinematographyMagnum Force
Director of PhotographyWait 'Till Your Mother Gets Home
CinematographyThe Prodigal
Director of PhotographyLove, Mary
Director of PhotographyMr. Ricco
Director of PhotographySecrets of a Mother and Daughter
Director of PhotographyJames Dean
Director of PhotographySnowbeast
Director of PhotographyTom Sawyer
Director of PhotographyThe Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Director of PhotographyWhen Every Day Was the Fourth of July
Director of PhotographyHawaii
First Assistant CameraThe Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
CinematographyNightmare in Badham County
Director of Photography