Jack Woolf; Emmy-Winning Cinematographer
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Jack Woolf, 80, Emmy-winning cinematographer who worked primarily in television movies. Woolf received an Emmy in 1973 for his work as director of photography on an episode of the “Kung Fu” series. Born in Hartford, Conn., he served in the Navy and then began working in 1942 as an assistant cameraman in Hollywood. He became a director of photography in 1969 and a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 1979. In motion pictures, Woolf shot aerial footage for “Air Patrol” and “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” and was director of photography for, among others, “Matilda” in 1978. On television, he handled photography for the 1970s series “The Six Million Dollar Man” and such TV movies as “Dead Men Tell No Tales” in 1971, “The Mark of Zorro” in 1974, “Adventures of the Queen” in 1975 and “The Five of Me” in 1981. On Jan. 15 in Woodland Hills.
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