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David Myers, 90, a cinematographer whose feature film credits include George Lucas's debut film, "THX 1138" (1971), but is best known for his camera work on landmark concert documentaries such as "Woodstock" (1970) and "Elvis on Tour" (1972), died Aug. 26 in a hosp...
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| Published in | The Washington post |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Washington, D.C
WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post
04.09.2004
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| Summary: | David Myers, 90, a cinematographer whose feature film credits include George Lucas's debut film, "THX 1138" (1971), but is best known for his camera work on landmark concert documentaries such as "Woodstock" (1970) and "Elvis on Tour" (1972), died Aug. 26 in a hospital in Marin County, Calif., after a stroke. Mr. Myers's feature film credits also include Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit" (1982), Neil Young's "Journey Through the Past" (1972) and "Human Highway" (1982) and Bob Dylan's "Renaldo and Clara" (1978). Before moving into concert documentaries and feature films, Mr. Myers was at the forefront of cinema verite documentary filmmaking in the 1960s. He also traveled the world shooting documentaries for the United Nations and National Geographic and was part of the team that shot the Oscar-winning 1972 documentary "Marjoe," about onetime child evangelist Marjoe Gortner. |
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| ISSN: | 0190-8286 |