- 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.
- He retired in the early 1960s.
- After a stint with Fox Studios, Koenekamp joined Vitagraph and filmed all the Larry Semon comedies.
- In 1990, he received the President's Award of the American Society of Cinematographers in recognition of his contributions to the motion picture industry.
- Koenekamp's credits as a cinematographer include "Moby Dick" (1930) with John Barrymore, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), "Strangers on a Train" (1951) and "The Spirit of St. Louis" (1957).
- Member of the American Society of Cinematographers, ASC.
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