Friend Baker


Friend Baker was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood in the 1910s and 1920s. Later on in his career, he worked as a camera technician. He was an early member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Biography

Friend was born in Nebraska to Jesse Baker and Jennie Wallace.
Among his innovations as a cameraman, he reportedly built an early 3-D camera alongside fellow cinematographer Virgil Williams while working at Universal Pictures in 1918. He also developed an early technique for produced color film. He served as chief cameraman for the studio for a number of years.
He married Annabelle Jackson in Los Angeles in 1915. The pair had several children.

Selected filmography