Beda Batka (Czech: Bedřich Baťka; August 21, 1922 – June 6, 1994) was a Czech and American cinematographer and a teacher in the Tisch School of the Arts.[1][2]
Beda Batka | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bedřich Baťka August 21, 1922 |
| Died | June 6, 1994 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1963–1980 |
Batka started his career as a camera operator on the movie On the Right Track (1948). In Czechoslovakia he frequently worked with director Jiří Weiss. Batka told Weiss a story that happened at his wife's workplace. Weiss decided to use this story as a basis for his film Ninety Degrees in the Shade. In 1967 Batka was a director of photography for František Vláčil's Marketa Lazarová, which was later voted the best Czech movie of all time.[3] After he emigrated to USA, he taught cinematography at the Tisch School of the Arts.[4] Among his students were Barry Sonnenfeld, Bill Pope,[5] and the late Ken Kelsch.[6] The best known movie he worked on in America was Little Darlings.[7]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Fear | |
| 1963 | The Golden Fern | |
| 1964 | Láska nebeská | Short film |
| 1965 | Ninety Degrees in the Shade | |
| 1966 | Sign of the Cancer | |
| 1966 | Marketa Lazarová | |
| 1967 | Four in a Circle | |
| 1972 | In Pursuit of Treasure | |
| 1979 | The Orphan | |
| 1980 | Little Darlings |
References
edit- ^ 88 Cinematographers Share the Best Professional Advice They've Ever Received
- ^ The ASC -- American Cinematographer: ASC Close-Up: Fred Elmes
- ^ Hoberman, J. (2013-07-03). "Prague's Savage Spring". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Directory of World Cinema: East Europe
- ^ Sonnenfeld, Barry (2020). Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316415637.
- ^ Williams, David E. (2023-12-14). "In Memoriam: Ken Kelsch, ASC (1947-2023) - The American Society of Cinematographers (en-US)". The American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ Little Darlings By Roger Ebert, rogerebert.com, March 25, 1980
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