James Crabe
| James Crabe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Aubrey Crabe August 19, 1931 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Died | May 2, 1989 (aged 57) Sherman Oaks, California, US |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
James Crabe, A.S.C. (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was a Primetime Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated cinematographer.
James Crabe was one of the few openly gay cinematographers in Hollywood. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for director John G. Avildsen's The Formula (1980). He also photographed Avildsen's films Save the Tiger (1973), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), Happy New Year (1987) and For Keeps (1988).
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie for The Letter (1982) and was nominated for The Entertainer (1976), Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) and his final film Baby M (1988). He won Outstanding Cinematography for a Series for The New Mike Hammer episode "More Than Murder" in 1984.
On May 2, 1989, James Crabe died of complications of AIDS.
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