James Crabe
James Crabe, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.
He was a regular collaborator of director John G. Avildsen, known for his work in Rocky and The Karate Kid, as well as other movies from the 1970s and 80s, like The China Syndrome, Night Shift, and Thank God It's Friday.
Crabe was also a two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, received multiple nominations the ASC Awards, and one from the Academy Awards.
Biography
James Crabe was one of the few openly gay cinematographers in Hollywood. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for director John G. Avildsen's The Formula. He also photographed Avildsen's films Save the Tiger, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Rocky, The Karate Kid, The [Karate Kid Part II], Happy New Year and For Keeps as well as Thank God It's Friday, The China Syndrome, and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment.He won the Primetime [Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie] for The Letter and was nominated for The Entertainer, Eleanor and Franklin: [The White House Years] and his final film Baby M. He won Outstanding Cinematography for a Series for The New Mike Hammer episode "More Than Murder" in 1984.
Death
On May 2, 1989, James Crabe died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, from complications of AIDS at the age of 57. The Karate Kid Part III was dedicated to his memory.Filmography
Film
Television
Documentary film| Year | Title | Director |
| 1965 | The Bold Men | William Friedkin |
| 1965 | Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon | William Friedkin |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1970 | Sole Survivor | Paul Stanley |
| 1970 | Lost Flight | Leonard J. Horn |
| 1971 | A Step Out of Line | Bernard McEveety |
| 1971 | Sweet, Sweet Rachel | Sutton Roley |
| 1973 | The [Great American Beauty Contest] | Robert Day |
| 1974 | The [Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman] | John Korty |
| 1975 | The Entertainer | Donald Wrye |
| 1975 | F. [Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood] | Anthony Page |
| 1976 | The Disappearance of Aimee | Anthony Harvey |
| 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The [White House Years] | Daniel Petrie |
| 1978 | A Death in Canaan | Tony Richardson |
| 1979 | Strangers: [The Story of a Mother and Daughter] | Milton Katselas |
| 1982 | The Letter | John Erman |
| 1983 | Two Kinds of Love | Jack Bender |
| 1984 | More Than Murder | Gary Nelson |
| 1984 | Family Secrets | Jack Hofsiss |
| 1984 | Concrete Beat | Robert Butler |
| 1985 | The Hugga Bunch | Gus Jekel |
| 1985 | The Covenant | Walter Grauman |
| 1986 | Long Time Gone | Robert Butler |
| 1986 | George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | William Graham |
| 1986 | When the Bough Breaks | Waris Hussein |
| 1987 | Deadly Care | David Anspaugh |
| 1987 | Code Name: Dancer | Buzz Kulik |