James Crabe
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
James Crabe (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was an American cinematographer known for his work in the 1970s and '80s on numerous films, including Rocky, The China Syndrome, Night Shift, The Karate Kid, and Thank God It's Friday. He was a part of the 1960s underground film collective known as Gay Girls Riding Club, a group of gay men in the industry, who spoofed Hollywood movies in a series of elaborate amateur films.
Known for
Credits

Rocky (1976)
Director of Photography

The Karate Kid (1984)
Director of Photography

The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Director of Photography

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Director of Photography

Night Shift (1982)
Director of Photography

For Keeps (1988)
Director of Photography

The China Syndrome (1979)
Director of Photography

The Disappearance of Aimee (1976)
Director of Photography

The Formula (1980)
Director of Photography

Lost Flight (1970)
Director of Photography

The Honkers (1972)
Director of Photography

Thank God It's Friday (1978)
Director of Photography

Covenant (1985)
Director of Photography

Sole Survivor (1970)
Director of Photography

Rhinoceros (1974)
Director of Photography

The Letter (1982)
Director of Photography

Save the Tiger (1973)
Director of Photography

How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
Director of Photography

Sextette (1978)
Director of Photography

Deadly Care (1987)
Director of Photography

Family Secrets (1984)
Director of Photography

The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
Director of Photography

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Director of Photography
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
Director of Photography

Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971)
Director of Photography
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986)
Director of Photography

The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
Director of Photography

The Dead Don't Die (1975)
Director of Photography

Happy New Year (1987)
Director of Photography

Zig Zag (1970)
Director of Photography

Two Kinds of Love (1983)
Director of Photography

Players (1979)
Director of Photography

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975)
Director of Photography

Concrete Beat (1984)
Director of Photography

When the Bough Breaks (1986)
Director of Photography

A Death in Canaan (1978)
Director of Photography

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)
Director of Photography

Her Secret Life (1987)
Director of Photography

The Hugga Bunch (1985)
Director of Photography

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979)
Director of Photography

A Step Out of Line (1971)
Director of Photography

Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966)
Director of Photography

Everybody Loves It (1964)
Director of Photography

The Proper Time (1960)
Director of Photography





