James Crabe
Biography
James Crabe (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was an American cinematographer known for his work in the 1970s and '80s on numerous films, including Rocky, The China Syndrome, Night Shift, The Karate Kid, and Thank God It's Friday. He was a part of the 1960s underground film collective known as Gay Girls Riding Club, a group of gay men in the industry, who spoofed Hollywood movies in a series of elaborate amateur films.
Birthday
Aug 19, 1931
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Deathday
May 2, 1989
Also known as
- James Aubrey Crabe
- James Crabbe
- Jim Crabbe
- James A. Crabe
- Jimmy Crabe
- Jim Crabe
Credited in
As cast
As crew
- The China Syndrome
- Rocky
- The Karate Kid
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
- W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
- Covenant
- The Hugga Bunch
- The Letter
- Everybody Loves It
- A Step Out of Line
- The Formula
- The Great American Beauty Contest
- The Karate Kid Part III
- When the Bough Breaks
- Sextette
- Sweet, Sweet Rachel
- Happy New Year
- The Dead Don't Die
- The Baltimore Bullet
- The Disappearance of Aimee
- Sole Survivor
- The Honkers
- Deadly Care
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsNo picture available
- Family Secrets
- Agent for H.A.R.M.
- Her Secret Life
- Save the Tiger
- George Washington II: The Forging of a NationNo picture available
- Zig Zag
- The Proper Time
- A Death in Canaan
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
- For Keeps
- Night Shift
- How to Beat the High Cost of Living
- Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
- Thank God It's Friday
- The Bold Men
- Lost Flight
- All About Alice
- Players
- Rhinoceros
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- The Karate Kid Part II
- Two Kinds of Love
- Concrete Beat
- Always on Sunday
- The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone
- What Really Happened to Baby Jane
