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- Born in Denison, Iowa, of immigrant parents from Oldenburg, Germany, Hans Koenekamp began his film career with a job as a motion picture projectionist. He became a cinematographer in 1913 at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. He later worked at Fox Films and then joined Vitagraph in 1917, where he photographed all the Larry Semon comedies. When Warner Bros. purchased First National's studio in Burbank, California, he signed a contract and remained with the studio for the next 30 years. He specialized in directing and photographing second units and producing special effects shots for the studio.- IMDb Mini Biography By: William Berkman (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
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- He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects for the film Air Force (1943).
- He got his first movie industry job as a cameraman at the Mack Sennett Keystone Studio in 1913, where he filmed Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Gloria Swanson, the Sennett Bathing Beauties and the Keystone Kops.
- He worked on more than 90 films during his career.
- He was an American special effects artist and cinematographer.
- He began working with special effects when he went to Warner Bros. Studios.
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