Jack MacKenzie

Jack MacKenzie
Born	13 September 1892 Inverness, Scotland United Kingdom
Died	19 December 1979 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California United States
Other names	Ian George MacKenzie
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1916–1963

Jack MacKenzie (13 September 1892 – 19 December 1979) was a British-born cinematographer who worked for most of his career in the United States. During the silent era Jack MacKenzie was employed in Hollywood. In 1930 MacKenzie was sent to London by RKO to work on two films for the company's British partner Associated Talking Pictures. MacKenzie then returned to America. While he occasionally worked on prestige films such as Mary of Scotland (1936)^[1] he was employed mainly on numerous low-budget productions and from 1951 in the developing television industry.

Selected filmography

• Soft Cushions (1927)
• A Texas Steer (1927)
• Dance Hall (1929)
• Whispering Winds (1929)
• Escape (1930)
• Beau Bandit (1930)
• Birds of Prey (1930)
• Should a Doctor Tell? (1930)
• Kept Husbands (1931)
• Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
• White Shoulders (1931)
• Little Orphan Annie (1932)
• Mary of Scotland (1936)
• High Flyers (1937)
• Breaking the Ice (1938)
• Hawaii Calls (1938)
• The Girl from Mexico (1939)
• Mexican Spitfire (1940)
• The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
• Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
• Passport to Destiny (1944)
• Jungle Woman (1944)
• Zombies on Broadway (1945)
• Isle of the Dead (1945)
• Michael O'Halloran (1948)
• Massacre River (1949)

References

1. Nollen p.136

Bibliography

• Nollen, Scott Allan. Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond. McFarland, 2013.

External links

• Jack MacKenzie at the Internet Movie Database