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After graduating as an electrical engineer from California Institute of Technology I was hired by Byron Haskin, ASC, and head of the Warner Bros. Special Effects Department on Stage 5 in Burbank. Since this was the largest such department in the movie business, I was able to work with some of the top cinematographers in the effects field, such as ASC fellows Edwin DuPar, Hans Koenekamp and Warren Lynch.

The story goes like this: In 1948 I got a job at the Warner Bros. Studios lot in Burbank. During my first few months there I spent lots of time exploring the studio during lunch breaks. One spot near the massive Stage 5 proved enigmatic to me. After five years or so, working for Warner Bros Special Effects Department Stage 5 in Burbank. This was my first full time job. . I got into the cinematographers department after joining the I.A.T.S.E. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States. I worked in the film industry most of my working live. I also a part time job, a motion picture still photographer I created two kinds of images. The first one the making of the movie though I would never be a part of making a movie I was a back room boy and the other was as a movie set photographer.