Willard Van der Veer

Willard Van der Veer (August 23, 1894 – June 16, 1963) was an American cinematographer who won an Academy Award at the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the film With Byrd at the South Pole[1][2] with Joseph T. Rucker. He started his career as a documentary cameraman and later did a couple episodes of Maverick and the film The Crawling Hand. Mount Van der Veer was named after him. He is the father of Frank Van der Veer, a Hollywood visual effects artist who founded Van Der Veer Photo Effects and won, in 1977, a Special Achievement Academy Award for the 1976 version of King Kong (this Oscar was shared with Carlo Rambaldi and Glen Robinson[3]).

Willard Van der Veer
Born(1894-08-23)August 23, 1894
Brooklyn, New York, USA
DiedJune 16, 1963(1963-06-16) (aged 68)
Encino, California, USA
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1930-1963

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Willard Van Der Veer - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  2. "The 3rd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  3. "The 49th Academy Awards - 1977". oscars.org.
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