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Jack A. Marta is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 4 march 1903

Jack A. Marta

Jack A. Marta
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Birth name John A. Marta
Nationality USA
Birth 4 march 1903
Death 26 june 1991 (at 88 years)

John 'Jack' A. Marta (parfois crédité Jack Marta ou John Marta), ASC, né le 5 mars 1903 à Laurin (Montana), mort le 26 juin 1991 à Sheridan (Montana), est un directeur de la photographie américain.

Biography

Au cinéma, Jack A. Marta débute comme premier assistant opérateur sur Les Amours de Carmen, version muette de Raoul Walsh, sortie en 1927 (avec Dolores del Río, Don Alvarado et Victor McLaglen). Son film suivant, également réalisé par Raoul Walsh, est The Red Dance (1928, avec Charles Farrell et Dolores del Río), où il devient chef opérateur.

À partir de 1935 et jusqu'en 1977, il dirige les prises de vues d'environ deux-cents films américains, majoritairement des westerns. Ainsi, il photographie notamment deux acteurs emblématiques du genre, John Wayne (ex. : La Ruée sanglante d'Albert S. Rogell, en 1943, avec également Martha Scott et Albert Dekker) et Roy Rogers (ex. : Under California Stars de William Witney, en 1948, avec aussi Andy Devine). Et il assiste des réalisateurs prolifiques dans le même genre (outre William Witney déjà nommé), comme George Sherman (ex. : The Night Riders en 1939, avec John Wayne et Ray Corrigan), Allan Dwan (ex. : La Femme aux revolvers en 1952, avec Jane Russell et George Brent), ou encore Joseph Kane (ex. : La Horde sauvage en 1956, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Barry Sullivan), entre autres. Notons ici qu'il retrouve ensemble Raoul Walsh, John Wayne et Roy Rogers, sur L'Escadron noir (1940, avec également Claire Trevor et Walter Pidgeon). Mentionnons encore Cat Ballou d'Elliot Silverstein (1965, avec Jane Fonda et Lee Marvin), un de ses derniers films.

Outre le western, il collabore à d'autres genres, tels le drame (ex. : ses deux premiers films pré-cités), la comédie (ex. : Un homme a disparu de Michael Curtiz, en 1937, avec Errol Flynn et Joan Blondell), ou bien la science-fiction (ex. : Beginning of the End de Bert I. Gordon, en 1957, avec Peter Graves).

À la télévision, Jack A. Marta est directeur de la photographie sur neuf séries, entre 1960 et 1980 ; la première est Route 66 (vingt-et-un épisodes, de 1960 à 1963) ; la dernière, après laquelle il se retire, est Hawaï police d'État (treize épisodes, en 1979-1980). En outre, de 1969 à 1973, il contribue à treize téléfilms, le plus connu étant sans doute Duel (1971) de Steven Spielberg.

Best films

Cat Ballou (1965)
(Director of Photography)
Women in War (1940)
(Director of Photography)
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Joseph Kane
Joseph Kane
(18 films)
Adele Palmer
Adele Palmer
(30 films)
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers
(22 films)
Jack Kirk
Jack Kirk
(11 films)
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jack A. Marta (95 films)

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Cameraman

Billy Jack Goes to Washington, 2h35
Directed by Tom Laughlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Tom Laughlin, E. G. Marshall, Lucie Arnaz, Delores Taylor, Suzanne Somers, Sam Wanamaker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating44% 2.222312.222312.222312.222312.22231
Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is appointed a United States Senator to fill out the remaining term of another Senator. It is hoped that he will quietly vote the party line, but his term in the Senate runs into trouble when he proposes a bill to fund a national youth camp which happens to be on the property where a nuclear power plant is also being proposed. His fellow Senator Joseph Paine (E. G. Marshall) claims to oppose nuclear power but is secretly taking graft to influence his votes in favor, and moves to try to keep Billy Jack out of the way when the bill is being debated.
Framed
Framed (1975)
, 1h46
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock Peters, John Larch
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.198613.198613.198613.198613.19861
Returning home to Tennessee from a trip to Texas, nightclub owner and gambler Ron Lewis happens across a shooting and is nearly shot himself. A deputy determines that Lewis is involved and roughs him up, resulting in a fight that ends up in the deputy being badly beaten and Lewis placed under arrest.
The Master Gunfighter, 2h1
Directed by Tom Laughlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Actors Tom Laughlin, Ron O'Neal, Barbara Carrera, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Burgess Meredith, Mike Lane
Roles Director of Photography
Rating45% 2.2720452.2720452.2720452.2720452.272045
The film is set in southern California near Santa Barbara shortly after California became part of the United States. American settlers and the U.S. government discriminated against the Mexican landowners and frequently took their land by force or legal skullduggery. The film focuses on wealthy Latino ranchers whose land and wealth are at risk. They decide to misdirect a U.S. government ship carrying gold so that it will be wrecked and plundered. To prevent themselves from being caught, they plan to massacre the local Chumash Indians. The hero is the now-estranged adoptive son (Finley), a master swordsman and gunfighter, who tries to prevent this while still saving his family.
The Trial of Billy Jack, 2h50
Directed by Tom Laughlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Musical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films
Actors Tom Laughlin, George Aguilar, Delores Taylor, Sacheen Littlefeather, Victor Izay
Roles Director of Photography
Rating46% 2.3151052.3151052.3151052.3151052.315105
Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) goes to court facing an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from events in the earlier film. He is found guilty and sentenced to a prison term. Meanwhile, the kids at the Freedom School—an experimental school for runaways and troubled youth on a Native American reservation in Arizona—vow to rebuild the school. They raise funds and acquire a new building, eventually starting their own newspaper and television station. Inspired by Nader's Raiders, they begin using the newspaper and TV station to conduct investigative reporting, angering several politicians and townspeople in the process with their exposés.
Walking Tall, 1h47
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Crime
Actors Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Lurene Tuttle, Noah Beery, Jr, Leif Garrett, John Brascia
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.4466053.4466053.4466053.4466053.446605
Pusser, at his wife Pauline's behest, retires from the professional wrestling ring and moves back to Tennessee to start a logging business with his father, Carl Pusser. With a friend, he visits a gambling and prostitution establishment, the Lucky Spot, and is beaten up after catching them cheating at craps. Pusser is seriously injured with a knife and receives over 200 stitches. He complains to the sheriff but is ignored, and soon becomes aware of the rampant corruption in McNairy County. Later, working at his dad's lumber mill, Pusser makes a club out of a tree branch. Late one night, Pusser waits until after the Lucky Spot is closed, and beats up the same thugs that left him for dead. The next day, Pusser is arrested and represents himself at trial. At one point, he rips off his shirt and shows the jury his scars. He informs them that "If you let them do this to me and get away with it, then you're giving them the eternal right to do the same damn thing to any one of you!" The jury finds Pusser not guilty, and he decides to clean up the county and runs for sheriff. Buford Pusser wins, and becomes famous for being incorruptible, intolerant of crime, and for his array of four-foot hickory clubs which he uses to great effect in dispatching criminals and destroying their clandestine gambling dens and illegal distilleries.
You'll Like My Mother, 1h33
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Rosemary Murphy, Patty Duke, Richard Thomas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2923553.2923553.2923553.2923553.292355
In this psychological thriller, a very pregnant Francesca (Patty Duke) travels from Los Angeles to Minnesota to meet her late husband's mother, Mrs. Kinsolving, whom she has never met before. Mrs. Kinsolving (Rosemary Murphy) is cold to Francesca, questions whether she is actually pregnant with her son's baby, and tells Francesca she wants nothing to do with her or her baby in the future. It soon becomes clear that Francesca cannot leave that night as a blizzard has made the roads impassable. Francesca is forced to stay in the Kinsolving mansion for a few days. She soon begins to suspect that something is amiss due to inconsistencies in information between what her late husband (Matthew) told her and Mrs. Kinsolving's statements to her.
Duel
Duel (1971)
, 1h14
Directed by Steven Spielberg, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Dennis Weaver, Carey Loftin, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell, Eugene Dynarski
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75% 3.797953.797953.797953.797953.79795
David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is a middle-aged Los Angeles electronics salesman driving his red 1971 Plymouth Valiant sedan on a business trip. On a two-lane highway in the California desert, he encounters a grimy and rusty 1955 Peterbilt 281 tanker truck, traveling slower than the speed limit and expelling thick plumes of sooty diesel exhaust. Mann passes the unsightly truck, which promptly roars past him and then slows down again. Mann is unmoved, passing the truck a second time, and is startled when it suddenly issues a long air horn blast.
Plaza Suite, 1h54
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant, Louise Sorel, Jenny Sullivan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.245983.245983.245983.245983.24598
Like the play, the film is divided into three acts, all set in Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel. The first focuses on not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon suite in an attempt - by Karen - to bring the love back into their marriage. Her plan backfires and the two become embroiled in a heated argument about whether or not Sam is having an affair with his secretary Miss McCormack. Sam eventually walks out, allegedly to attend to urgent business, and Karen is left to reflect on how much things have changed since they were newlyweds.
Dial Hot Line, 1h38
Directed by Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Vince Edwards, Chelsea Brown, Felton Perry, June Harding, Kim Hunter, G. D. Spradlin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.6333253.6333253.6333253.6333253.633325
Any Second Now
Directed by Gene Levitt
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Stewart Granger, Lois Nettleton, Joseph Campanella, Dana Wynter, Katy Jurado, Tom Tully
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.176563.176563.176563.176563.17656
A philandering photographer plans to kill his wife.
The Perils of Pauline, 1h47
Directed by Joshua Shelley, Herbert Breiter Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Pat Boone, Pamela Austin, Terry-Thomas, Edward Everett Horton, Hamilton Camp, Billy Barty
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.7596352.7596352.7596352.7596352.759635
The film opens on a cold winter's night at a foundling home. A young boy walks out to take in milk bottles, when he sees a baby in a basket on the ground. The baby's name is Pauline, and the boy (whose name is later revealed to be George) promises to protect her no matter what. Soon, it is time for Pauline to get adopted. George tries numerous attempts to prevent that from happening as she gets older. His last stunt however makes Pauline suitable for her new parents. Mrs. Carruthers, the owner of the foundling home (played by Doris Packer), and George (now played by Pat Boone) transport Pauline to her new home. Her new parents tell their son to get Pauline's bags. At the same time, Pauline remembers her toothbrush and goes back to the car to retrieve it. George seizes the opportunity to prevent Pauline from living with her new family, and pulls the hand brake on the car. It races away, and everyone begins to chase after it. The opening credits are displayed as the car careens down the street and into a poultry farm. All seems well until the car reaches a train crossing. Pauline and her brother to be aren't hurt, but her parents to be do not want her anymore. Mrs. Carruthers finds out that George pulled the hand brake, and sends him packing. Later that night as George is about to leave, Pauline wants to come with him. He objects, and says that when he makes his fortune, he will come back for her. Pauline promises to wait.
Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou (1965)
, 1h37
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Musical films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3476253.3476253.3476253.3476253.347625
Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda), who wants to be a schoolteacher, is returning home by train to Wolf City, Wyoming, to the ranch of her father, Frankie Ballou (John Marley). On the way, she unwittingly helps accused cattle rustler Clay Boone (Michael Callan) elude his captor, Sheriff Maledon (Bruce Cabot), when Boone's Uncle Jed (Dwayne Hickman), a drunkard disguised as a preacher, distracts the lawman.
Angel Baby
Angel Baby (1961)
, 1h37
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge, Joan Blondell, Henry Jones, Burt Reynolds, Salome Jens
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.097393.097393.097393.097393.09739
A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.
The Bonnie Parker Story, 1h19
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Dorothy Provine, Jack Hogan, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Turkel, Ken Lynch, Douglas Kennedy
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.8997452.8997452.8997452.8997452.899745
Diner waitress Bonnie Parker is just as tired of her job in 1932 Texas as she is of customers like Guy Darrow, who try too hard to make her acquaintance. When she goes too far, fending off Guy with hot oil, Bonnie is fired.