Fred J. Koenekamp
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Coming from a lineage of cinematographers, Koenekamp spent his childhood visiting studios with his father, a veteran cameraman, before pursuing a commercial aviation program at USC and serving in the Navy during World II. After the war he entered the film world as a loader at RKO, where mentors taught him camera operation and sparked his fascination with the picture business, leading to assistant-…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources